Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula: Detail 1
stsci_2007-16h 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 towering "mountain" of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust is the site of new star formation in the Carina Nebula. The great gas pillar is being eroded by the ultraviolet radiation from the hottest newborn stars in the nebula.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-16
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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- ID
- 2007-16h
- 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
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 161.07207799800, -59.50712242060
- Reference Dimension
- 3110.00, 3540.00
- Reference Pixel
- 2944.90250912017, 3567.84347442496
- Scale
- -0.00001386679, 0.00001386679
- Rotation
- -142.73250465305
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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-p0716h-f-3110x3540.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0716h-f-3110x3540.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
