Carina Nebula Details
These three snapshots reveal nuggets of cold molecular hydrogen in the Carina Nebula.
This Hubble Space Telescope view of the central region of the Carina Nebula reveals a violent maelstrom of star birth. The fantasy-like landscape of the nebula is sculpted by the intense pressure of starlight from monster stars and their accompanying star clusters, as well as the hydrodynamics of their stellar winds of charged particles.The glowing edges of some of these objects indicates that they are being photoionized by the hottest stars in the cluster. It has been hypothesized that stars may form inside such dusty cocoons.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic0707d |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 24 April 2007, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0707 |
| Size: | 4167 x 2823 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Carina Nebula, NGC 3372 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 7500 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Oiii | 501 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical H-alpha + Nii | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical Sii | 672 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical H-alpha + Nii | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |