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The Sky Around NGC 3603


Date: 02 October 2007
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: NGC 3603
Copyright: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

A wide-field image of the sky around NGC 3603 taken on the ground by the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The glowing clouds of hydrogen gas (seen here in orange) compose a vast emission nebula. The field of view is approximately 2.6 x 2.8 degrees.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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