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| Catalogue and alternative designations | Carina
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| Type | emission nebula |
| Position | 10 43 47, -59 56 47 |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Camera and Telescope | 2.4m Hubble Space Telescope using Wide Field Camera 3 |
| Focal Ratio | |
| Exposure Details | RGB using Hubble WFC3 data. Red assigned to 673nm, Green to 656nm and blue to 502nm. A fairly standard Hubble Palette image. |
| Description |
This is a section of the well lnown Carina nebula (NGC 3372) The data used in this image is based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA). |