NGC 3576
| Emission nebula | |
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| NGC 3576
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| Recording as part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 11 m 31.7 s |
| declination | -61 ° 21 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Angular expansion | 3.0 '× 3.0' |
| Ionizing source | |
| designation | Young massive stars |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 9,000 ly |
| diameter | 100 ly |
| Age | 1.5 million years |
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history
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| discovery | John Herschel |
| Date of discovery | March 16, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3576 • GC 2333 • h 3324 • ESO 129-EN5 | |
NGC 3576 is an emission nebula in the constellation of the ship's Kiel , which is approximately 9,000 light years from Earth .
NGC 3576 was discovered on March 16, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ SEDS: NGC 3576
- ↑ a b ESO 17/08 - Press Photo ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Seligman
