Carina Nebula Details: The Caterpillar
stsci_2007-16e April 24th, 2007
Credit: Credit for Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
A Bok globule nicknamed the "caterpillar" appears at the right. Its glowing edge indicates that it is being photoionized by the hottest stars in the cluster. It has been hypothesized that stars may form inside such dusty cocoons. The top of the Keyhole Nebula, the most prominent feature embedded inside Carina, is on the left. Another Bok globule is in the foreground.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-16
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2007-16e
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1
- Subject Name
- Carina Nebula, NGC 3372
- Credits
- Credit for Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
- Release Date
- 2007-04-24T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 7,500
- Redshift
- 7,500
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-16
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- CTIO, CTIO, Hubble, CTIO
- Instrument
- MOSAIC2, MOSAIC2, ACS, MOSAIC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Luminosity, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- OIII, H-alpha+[NII], H-alpha+[NII], SII
- Central Wavelength
- 501, 658, 658, 673
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- FK5
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 161.1296158529999900, -59.6049670307000028
- Reference Dimension
- 5200.0000000000000000, 2500.0000000000000000
- Reference Pixel
- 2915.6016845700000886, 479.8380432100000235
- Scale
- 0.0000138832639417, -0.0000138832639417
- Rotation
- 120.5460007908083497
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p0716e-f-5200x2500.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0716e-f-5200x2500.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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