Photo Agency - Astronomy - Space - Nature

> NGC 3372, The Eta Carinae Nebula

NGC 3372, The Eta Carinae Nebula

author: S.Guisard/R.Gendler/Novapix

reference: a-neb33-72018

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 22 cm

This image shows a giant star-forming region located at about 7000 light years away in the southern sky known as the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372). The bright star near the center of the image is Eta Carinae, which is one of the most massive and luminous stars known.

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - CARINA - DIFFUSE NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - ETA CARINAE - H-ALPHA - MASSIVE STAR - NEBULA - NGC 3372 - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - SUPERGIANT -