Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image
The star-forming region NGC 3603 - seen here in the latest Hubble Space Telescope image - contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the cluster formed in a huge rush of star formation thought to have occurred around a million years ago. The hot blue stars at the core are responsible for carving out a huge cavity in the gas seen to the right of the star cluster in NGC 3603's centre.
Credit:
NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
About the Image
NASA caption
| Id: | heic0715a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 October 2007, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0715 |
| Size: | 3885 x 3904 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 3603 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open • Star Clusters Images/Videos • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 20000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
850 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
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