Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 3603 |
| Object Description: |
Giant star-forming nebula with masive young stellar clusters |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 11h 15m 9s.10
Dec. -61° 16' 17".00 |
| Constellation: |
Carina |
| Distance: |
Approximately 20,000 light-years (6,100 parsecs) away. |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 3 arcminutes (17 light-years or 5 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10602: J. Maíz Apellániz (Astronomical Institution of Andalucía, Spain), N. Walborn and E. Nelan (STScI), N. Morrell (Carnegie Institution of Washington), and V. Niemela (National University of La Plata, Argentina). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
December 29, 2005 |
| Exposure Time: |
34 minutes |
| Filters: |
F435W (B), F550M (V), and F850LP (SDSS z) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration |
| Release Date: |
October 2, 2007 |
| Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Three filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
| F435W (B) |
blue |
| F550M (V) |
green |
| F850LP (SDSS z) |
red |
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| Orientation/Scale: |
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