Ground-Based Image of Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)

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esahubble_opo0331c November 6th, 2003

Credit: N. Smith, University of Minnesota/NOAO/AURA/NSF

This image shows the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), combining the light from 3 different filters tracing emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The colour is also representative of the temperature in the ionized gas: blue is relatively hot and red is cooler. This image was taken at the Curtis Schmidt telescope at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory. Visit the NOAO image gallery for more file formats (http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0667.html).

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Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0331c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Carina Nebula • Keyhole Nebula • NGC 3372
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
Esahubble_opo0331c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 44m 3.5s
DEC = -59° 36’ 59.7”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
1.3 x 2.2 degrees
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Other (None) Optical (SII) -
Green Other (None) Optical (H-alpha) -
Blue Other (None) Optical (OIII) -
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ID
opo0331c
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
Carina Nebula, Keyhole Nebula, NGC 3372
Credits
N. Smith, University of Minnesota/NOAO/AURA/NSF
Release Date
2003-11-06T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0331c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Other, Other, Other
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.014681602, -59.6165754366
Reference Dimension
400.0, 663.0
Reference Pixel
200.0, 331.0
Scale
-0.00333167831751, 0.00333167831751
Rotation
0.74000000000000021
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0331c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0331c.jpg
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:26.492526
Metadata Version
1.1
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