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Carina Nebula
This image shows a giant star-forming region in the southern sky known as the Carina Nebula and combines the light from three different filters, which traces emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The color is also representative of the temperature in th...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2012
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2012-12-2996-image
This image shows a giant star-forming region in the southern sky known as the Carina Nebula and combines the light from three different filters, which traces emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The color is also representative of the temperature in the ionized gas: blue is relatively hot and red is cooler. The picture is a composite of several exposures made in February 2000 with the Curtis Schmidt telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile.
Credits
NOAO, AURA, NSF, and N. Smith (University of Arizona)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Carina Nebula |
| Object Description | Carina Nebula |
| R.A. Position | 10h 44m 12s.127 |
| Dec. Position | -60° 16' 01".69 |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Distance | 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The science team studying the Eta Car light echo was led by A. Rest (STScI). This color image of a portion of the Carina Nebula was taken with the CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope on February 25, 2000. The filter and color assignments are as follows: oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). |
| Instrument | CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope |
| Exposure Dates | February 25, 2000 |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Blue: oxygen Green: hydrogen Red: sulfur |
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