Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Flight to The Carina Nebula Complex | Space Telescope Science Institute

Flight to The Carina Nebula Complex | Space Telescope Science Institute

This visualization travels across interstellar space to the vast star-forming region of the Carina Nebula Complex. Starting with the 2D sky as seen from Earth, the sequence traces out the nearby constellations and identifies prominent star clusters in the widefield view. Shifting into 3D, the video flies through the star field with distances based upon the Gaia star catalog. Arriving some 7,600 light-years away, the scene shifts into the infrared light view of the Spitzer Space Telescope to showcase the dust clouds that stretch across the region. The sequence finishes by illustrating the locations of multiwavelength observations from four NASA space telescopes.

This video is a product of the AstroViz Project of NASA’s Universe of Learning. 


Video Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Producer: NASA’s Universe of Learning
Visualization: Christian Nieves, Joseph Olmsted, Alyssa Pagan, Frank Summers (STScI)
Duration: 1 minute, 20 seconds
Release Date: May 7, 2025


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