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Stars & Dust in The Carina Nebula | ESO

Stars & Dust in The Carina Nebula | ESO

The European Southern Observatory's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has allowed us to peer through the hot gas and dark dust shrouding the spectacular Carina Nebula to show us myriad stars, both newborn and in their death throes.

Distance from Earth: approximately 8,500 light-years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Directed & Edited by: Nico Bartmann
Written by: Ivana Kurecic and Calum Turner   
Footage and photos: ESO, G. Hüdepohl, DSS, N. Risinger, M. Kornmesser
Executive Producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen
Duration: 1 minute, 15 seconds
Release Date: Aug. 29, 2018

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