#Carina Nebula

[without-ado]

Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.

l photo: Sara Hunt l quote: Carl Sagan

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Carina's Heart

[spacewonder19]

WR 25 & Tr16-244 in Carina Nebula © Hubble

[spaceexp]

The size of the Carina Nebula with our Solar System for scale.

[quiltofstars]

The Carina Nebula, C92 // Ting Yu

Several different objects are located within the gigantic Carina Nebula (NGC 3372). Most famous of them is the luminous hypergiant star, η Carinae, shining with about 4 million times the light output of our Sun and over 100 times as massive and 240 times as large!

Surrounding η Carinae itself is the Homunculus Nebula, believed to have been created in 1841 when the star had an outburst of energy. This briefly made η Carinae the second-brightest star in the sky!

Numerous other darker clouds of light-obscuring dust seem to point towards η Carinae as its stellar wind erodes them. Famously, the Carina Nebula was selected as one of five cosmic objects first observed by the James Webb Space Telescope, the image titled "Cosmic Cliffs".

[deltawebsistem]

Carina Nebula - Hubble and Webb telescopes

[arewebeholdingaman]

is the carina nebula a man?

✅️ featherless

❎️ a nebula

No but its very pretty. I might buy a holiday home over there

[theofficialastronomy101]

Carina Nebula in Living Color

[seraphimhalo]

there's a cost to birth the stars...are you willing to give all your heart?

[satureja13]

Kiyoshi and Jeb enjoy the view on the Carina Nebula 🌌

[without-ado]

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you

l ph: NOIRLab l quote: Neil deGrasse Tyson

[aeontriad]

The Great Carina Nebula

[spacewonder19]

Mystic Mountain in the infrared © Hubble

[saucerkommand]

The Mystic Mountain region of the Carina Nebula. Hubble Space Telescope

[quiltofstars]

The Carina Nebula, C92 // Harel Boren

Approximately 8,500 light years away in the constellation of Carina, the Keel, lies the stunning Carina Nebula (NGC 3372). Featured many times on this tumblr, the Carina Nebula is one of the largest nebulae in our skies; it is four times larger and somewhat brighter than the more famous Orion Nebula (M42). Its position in the southern skies does make it less famous.

It was discovered in 1752 by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713-1762). Those folks within the southern hemisphere during early autumn can see it with their naked eye!

[chess-draws]

felt the need to paint the carina nebula so i can have it on my wall and contemplate existence

base was done with acrylic paint, then went over with acrylic markers :3