User:RelentlessRecusant/NGC 3603

NGC 3603 is a dense open cluster in the Sagittarius-Carina Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, 20,000 light-years away from Sol at right ascension of 11h 15m 09.1s and declination of -61° 16′ 17″, that is, at a galactic longitude of 291.6253°.

It is a giant star-forming nebula, one of the H II region|H II regions of the galaxy, with young and emerging stellar clusters. Notable features within the nebula include the star cluster HD 97950 and the unstable hypergiant star Sher 25.

Behind the Scenes

 * NGC 3603 on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia