NGC 3576

Located 9,000 light-years away, NGC 3576 is a gigantic region of glowing gas about 100 light-years across, where stars are currently forming. The intense radiation and winds from the massive stars are shredding the clouds from which they form, creating dramatic scenery. The black area in the right middle part of the image is dark because of the presence of very dense, opaque clouds of gas and dust. The data used to make this colour-composite images were taken with ISAAC on the VLT, in the framework of observing proposal 079.C-0203(A). The image processing was done by Yuri Beletsky (ESO) and Hännes Heyer (ESO). It is based on data taken through 4 different narrow-band filters centred around 1.21, 1.71, 2.09 and 3.28 microns.

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O zdjęciu

Identyfikator:eso0817b
Typ:Obserwacje
Data publikacji:27 maja 2008
Powiązane komunikaty:eso0817
Rozmiar:1039 x 1105 px

O obiekcie

Nazwa:NGC 3576
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Odległość:9000 lat świetlnych
Constellation:Carina
Kategoria:Nebulae

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Współrzędne

Pozycja (RA):11 11 53.14
Pozycja (Dec):-61° 18' 11.70"
Pole widzenia:2.57 x 2.74 arcminutes
Orientacja:North is 90.2° prawo of vertical

Kolory i filtry

PasmoTeleskop
Podczerwony
1210
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC
Podczerwony
1710
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC
Podczerwony
2090
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC