NGC 3603

GPTKB entity

Statements (75)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkb:nebula
gptkbp:age around 1 million years
1 to 2 million years
gptkbp:average_temperature around 10,000 K
gptkbp:contains young stellar objects
massive stars
gptkbp:declination -61° 16′ 0″
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:battle
Southern Hemisphere
amateur astronomers
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
gptkbp:diameter about 1,500 light years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:John_Frederick_William_Herschel
gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:distance 20,000 light years
gptkbp:features star clusters
nebulae
gptkbp:has_spectral_type O-type stars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 3603
gptkbp:is_adjacent_to gptkb:NGC_3576
gptkb:NGC_3577
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:supernova_remnants
star formation
massive star formation
stellar winds
gptkbp:is_home_to gptkb:Wolf-Rayet_stars
massive star clusters
massive star formation regions
young massive stars
gptkbp:is_known_for stellar nurseries
bright emission lines
high stellar density
high density of stars
high star formation rate
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:NGC_3576
gptkb:NGC_3577
gptkb:RCW_57
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Gum_Nebula
gptkb:Carina-Sagittarius_Arm
gptkb:star
star cluster formation
starburst region
star forming complex
Gum 29
gptkbp:is_similar_to gptkb:RCW_57
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:interstellar_medium
gptkb:observatory
astrophysics
galactic dynamics
chemical composition
stellar dynamics
stellar evolution
massive star formation
gptkbp:is_surrounded_by molecular clouds
gptkbp:length about 200 light years
gptkbp:lighting magnitude 8.5
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Carina_constellation
gptkb:Milky_Way
southern hemisphere
Declination -61° 16' 0"
Right Ascension 11h 15m 8s
Galactic coordinates (l, b): (284.5°, -0.5°)
gptkbp:mass approximately 100,000 solar masses
about 100,000 solar masses
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Carina_constellation
gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkbp:right_ascension 11h 15m 8s
gptkbp:type gptkb:region
gptkbp:year_created 1834
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carina_Nebula
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4