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The Carina Nebula's Hidden Secrets Revealed (infrared) | ESO

The Carina Nebula's Hidden Secrets Revealed (infrared) | ESO


This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged.


Credit: European Southern Observatory/T. Preibisch

Release Date: February 8, 2012


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