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Image Data
Designation |
NGC 3576 (right) and NGC 3603 |
Constellation |
Carina (Car) |
Description |
A lot is going on in this
image. Both nebulea are very active starforming regions and emit
strongly in the light of ionized hydrogen (H-Alpha). They are 7.000 and
14.000 light years away respectively. NGC 3576 with its characteristic
loops formed by stellar winds also contains a number of prominent Bok
Globules, dark dense stellar nurseries. NGC 3603 may well be the
largest nebula in our galaxy and features concentrations of young, hot and
massive Wolf-Rayet stars, much like at the center of the Tarantula Nebula
(NGC 2070). A color
rendering of this field can be seen here. |
Exposure |
Ha 180 min @ -15°C, 1x1 |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE selfguided,
CFW-8, Custom Scientific 4.5 nm Ha Filter |
Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2
(prime focus) |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Beta 10,
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 31Mar2003 -
01:30 UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 6, Seeing 5, Temperature
+14°C |
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