Journey to Open Star Cluster Trumpler 14 in The Carina Nebula | ESO

Journey to Open Star Cluster Trumpler 14 in The Carina Nebula | ESO

This short sequence zooms in on the open young cluster of stars, Trumpler 14. It was imaged in great detail thanks to the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) mounted on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Trumpler 14, inside the Carina Nebula, towards the constellation of Carina (the Keel), is located 8,000 light-years away. It is the adaptive optics image that covers the largest area of sky.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO), H. Sana, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii

Duration: 58 seconds
Release Date: Dec. 3, 2009

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