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Catalogue and alternative designations Carina nebula crop

 

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).