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.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0817b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:27 mei 2008
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0817
Grootte:1039 x 1105 px

Over het object

Naam:NGC 3576
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Afstand:9000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Carina
Categorie:Nebulae

Afbeeldingstypen

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Achtergrond

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Coordinates

Position (RA):11 11 53.14
Position (Dec):-61° 18' 11.70"
Field of view:2.57 x 2.74 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 90.2° right of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Infrarood
1210
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC
Infrarood
1710
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC
Infrarood
2090
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC