Wide-field View: Trumpler 14 Open Star Cluster in The Carina Nebula | ESO
This image of the Carina Nebula shows the position of the Trumpler 14 open cluster of stars. About 2,000 stars have been identified in Trumpler 14. It is one of the youngest known star clusters, estimates range from 300 to 500 thousand years old. Due to its location within the inner parts of the Carina Nebula, Trumpler 14 is currently undergoing massive star formation.
Distance from Earth: 9,000 light-years
A color-composite image of the Carina Nebula, revealing exquisite details in the stars and dust of the region made with the 2.2-meter MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. Several well known astronomical objects can be seen in this wide field image—to the bottom left of the image is one of the most impressive binary stars in the Universe, Eta Carinae, with the famous Keyhole Nebula just adjacent to the star. The collection of very bright, young stars above and to the right of Eta Carinae is the open star cluster Trumpler 14. A second open star cluster, Collinder 228 is also seen in the image, just below Eta Carinae. The Carina Nebula also bears the NGC 3372 designation.
On this image, North is up and East is to the left. The field of view is 0.55 x 0.55 degrees, covering a 72 x 72 light-year region at the distance of the nebula.
Release Date: Dec. 3, 2009
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