Area near centre of NGC 3603

This image displays a NAOS-CONICA image of the starburst cluster NGC 3603, obtained during the second night of NAOS-CONICA operation. The sky region shown is some 20 arcsec to the North of the centre of the cluster. NAOS was compensating atmospheric disturbances by analyzing light from the central star with its visual wavefront sensor, while CONICA was observing in the K-band. The image is nearly diffraction-limited and has a Full-Width-Half-Maximum (FWHM) diameter of 0.07 arcsec, with a central Strehl ratio of 56% (a measure of the degree of concentration of the light). The exposure lasted 300 seconds. North is up and East is left. The field measures 27 x 27 arcsec.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0137c
Type:Observation
Date de publication:3 décembre 2001
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0137
Taille:629 x 634 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:NGC 3603
Type:Milky Way : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst
Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster
Distance:20000 années lumière
Catégorie:Star Clusters
Stars

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
192,7 Kio
JPEG taille écran
290,3 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
276,3 Kio
1280x1024
399,1 Kio
1600x1200
500,0 Kio
1920x1200
524,9 Kio
2048x1536
685,1 Kio

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Infrarouge
K
Very Large Telescope
NACO