Gas Cloud near Eta Carinae (artist's impression)
This is an artist's impression of a gas cloud (left) that acts as a natural ultraviolet laser, near the huge, unstable star Eta Carinae (right) - one of most massive and energetic stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
This is an artist's concept of a gas cloud (left) that acts as a natural ultraviolet laser, near the huge, unstable star Eta Carinae (right) -- one of most massive and energetic stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Credit:
James Gitlin/STScI
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9606a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 10 January 1995, 06:00 |
| Size: | 750 x 600 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Eta Carinae |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet |
| Distance: | 7500 light years |
