The Potential of Adaptive Optics
This image was obtained with the WFPC2 camera on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the I-band (800nm). It is a 400-sec exposure and shows the same sky region as in the NAOS-CONICA image shown in ESO Press Photo eso0137 .
Credit:
HST, NASA/ESA
About the Image
| Id: | eso0137e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 December 2001 |
| Related releases: | eso0137 |
| Size: | 753 x 800 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 3603 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation • X - Nebulae |
| Distance: | 20000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
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