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> Nebula NGC 3372 and star cluster in Carina

Nebula NGC 3372 and star cluster in Carina

author: S.Guisard/Novapix

reference: a-neb33-72012

Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 29 cm

The Carina Nebula, at about 7000 light years from Earth, is a large bright nebula that surrounds several open star clusters; Eta Carinae, one of the most massive star known, is visible in the center of the image. 

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - CARINA - DIFFUSE NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - ETA CARINAE - MASSIVE STAR - NEBULA - NGC 3372 - OPEN CLUSTER - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -