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.
Crediti:ESO
Riguardo l'immagine
Identificazione: | eso0817b |
Tipo: | Osservazione |
Data di rilascio: | 27 Maggio 2008 |
Notizie relative: | eso0817 |
Grandezza: | 1039 x 1105 px |
Riguardo all'oggetto
Nome: | NGC 3576 |
Tipo: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Distanza: | 9000 Anni luce |
Constellation: | Carina |
Categoria: | Nebulae |
Coordinate
Position (RA): | 11 11 53.14 |
Position (Dec): | -61° 18' 11.70" |
Field of view: | 2.57 x 2.74 arcminutes |
Orientazione: | Il Nord è a 90.2° a destra della verticale |
Colori e filtri
Banda | Telescopio |
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Infrarosso 1210 | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
Infrarosso 1710 | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
Infrarosso 2090 | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |