Panning across NGC 3603

NGC 3603 is a starburst region: a cosmic factory where stars form frantically from the nebula’s extended clouds of gas and dust. Located 22 000 light-years away from the Sun, it is the closest region of this kind known in our galaxy, providing astronomers with a local test bed for studying the intense star formation processes, very common in other galaxies, but hard to observe in detail because of their large distance.

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Identificazione:eso1005b
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 03 Febbraio 2010 12:00
Notizie relative:eso1005
Durata:27 s
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Categoria:Nebulae
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