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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ESO

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Id:eso0817b
Tipo:Observação
Data de divulgação:27 de Maio de 2008
Notícias relacionadas:eso0817
Tamanho:1039 x 1105 px

Sobre o objeto

Nome:NGC 3576
Tipo:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Distância:9000 anos-luz
Constellation:Carina
Categoria:Nebulae

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Coordenadas

Position (RA):11 11 53.14
Position (Dec):-61° 18' 11.70"
Field of view:2.57 x 2.74 arcminutes
Orientação:O norte está a 90.2° à direita da vertical

Cores e filtros

BandaTelescópio
Infravermelho
1210
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC
Infravermelho
1710
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC
Infravermelho
2090
Very Large Telescope
ISAAC