Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Image: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley)
| About The Object | |
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| Object Name | NGC 3324 |
| Object Description | Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula |
| R.A. Position | 10h 36m 59.0s |
| Dec. Position | -58° 37' 0.0" |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Distance | 7,200 light-years (2.2 kiloparsecs) |
| Dimensions | This image is roughly 6.5 arcminutes (13.4 light-years or 4.1 parsecs) wide. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | HST Proposal: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), J. Bally University of Colorado, Boulder), N. Walborn (STScI), and J. Morse (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and : K. Noll, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, and W. Januszewski (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI), A. Bowers (Baltimore, MD) and N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2 |
| Exposure Dates | March 2006 and July 2008, Exposure Time: 2 hours |
| Filters | ACS: F658N (H-alpha+[N II]) WFPC2: F502N ([O III]) and F673N ([S II]) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS and WFPC2 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F502N ([O III]) Green: F658N (H-alpha+[N II]) Red: F673N ([S II]) |
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| About The Object | |
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| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
| Image Credit | The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content. |
| Publication Date | The date and time the release content became public. |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
