Compass and scale image for NGC 3603
Compass and scale image for NGC 3603.
Credit:
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI). Science Credit: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo1022b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 6 July 2010, 15:00 |
| Size: | 1280 x 1141 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 3603 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Distance: | 20000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Optical SII |
673 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Infrared Pa-beta |
1.28 μm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Infrared FeII |
1.64 μm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
