Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  Carina Nebula  ·  NGC 3372  ·  eta Car Nebula
ETA CARINA, jprejean
ETA CARINA
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ETA CARINA

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ETA CARINA, jprejean
ETA CARINA
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ETA CARINA

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years (2,600 pc) from Earth.
The nebula is one of the largest diffuse nebulae in our skies. Although it is four times as large as and even brighter than the famous Orion Nebula, the Carina Nebula is much less well known due to its location in the southern sky.

Processed from FITs subframes in from Telescope Live using PixInsight.  Captured at El Sauce Observatory in Chile.

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