The Great Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years, one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions. The Carina Nebula has been discovered by Nicholas Louis de Lacaille in 1752. Despite the fact it lies at nearly 10000 light-years from us, it is easily visible to the unaided eye. The Carina Nebula is home to young, extremely massive stars, including the still enigmatic variable Eta Carinae, a star with well over 100 times the mass of the Sun. Eta Carinae is the brightest star seen here just above the dusty Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324). This image was created from photographic material taken with the 1.22-metre UK Schmidt Telescope at Anglo-Australian Observatory, forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. | |
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