Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Space Science
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Posters
Some of the heftiest known stars in the universe reside in the nebula NGC 3603, a large gas cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The image of the nebula is on the first page of the lithograph and background information is on the second page. The lithograph includes a Level One Inquiry activity entitled “In Search of … Stellar Evolution” in which students research how stars form.
Star-forming Nebula NGC 3603 Lithograph [950KB PDF file]
More lithographs in this series:
Carina Nebula Pillar
Core of Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)
Planetary Nebula NGC 2440
Supernova Remnant SNR 0509 Lithograph
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field