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Carina nebula NGC 3372

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-neb33-72027

Image Size 300 DPI: 123 * 60 cm

This spectacular panoramic view combines a new image of the field around the Wolf–Rayet star WR 22 in the Carina Nebula (right) with an earlier picture of the region around the unique star Eta Carinae in the heart of the nebula (left). The picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ASTRONOMY - CARINA - DIFFUSE NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - ETA CARINAE - LA SILLA - MASSIVE STAR - MPG/ESO 2.2m - NEBULA - NGC 3372 - PANORAMA - POSTER - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION - TRUMPLER 14 - WOLF-RAYET -