ESO’s VLT reveals the Carina Nebula's hidden secrets
This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged.
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Credit:
ESO/T. Preibisch
About the Image
| Id: | eso1208a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 8 February 2012, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1208 |
| Size: | 13092 x 8926 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Carina Nebula, NGC 3372 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation • X - Nebulae |
| Distance: | 7500 light years |
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| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
1.25 μm | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
| Infrared H |
1.65 μm | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
| Infrared Ks |
2.2 μm | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
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