Mammoth stars seen by Hubble
The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina, the Keel. WR 25 is the brightest, situated near the centre of the image. The neighbouring Tr16-244 is the third brightest, just to the upper left of WR 25. The second brightest, to the left of WR 25, is a low mass star located much closer to the Earth than the Carina Nebula.
Credit:
NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0822a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 25 November 2008, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0822 |
| Size: | 3854 x 3990 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Tr16-244, WR 25 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star • Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open • Star Clusters Images/Videos • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 7500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
850 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
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