NGC 3582
This is a zoom-in image of a portion of NGC 3582, which is is a minor nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It is part of star-forming region RCW 57 in Carina. A wide-field image of this object from the CTIO 4-meter telescope is also available on this website.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (South) Cerro Pachon, Chile |
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| Telescope: | Gemini South |
| Instrument: | GMOS-S |
| Astronomer: | Gemini Observatory and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 07-12-2007 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | Oxygen [OIII] (blue), Hydrogen-Alpha (red) and Sulphur [SII] (green) |
| Exposure Times: | 3x1.5 minutes in each filter |
| Location of Image: | Carina |
| Field of View: | 9.0 x 5.0 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, East is to the left |
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