Posts Tagged ‘carina nebula’
Carina’s Misty Mountains
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
Towering over the landscape of the Carina Nebula, a surreal, mist-enshrouded, mountainscape awaits travelers today. This dramatic image celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Spitting Dragon
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A dragon spits star dust in the Carina Nebula. This dragon is part of a huge glowing and swirling cloud of gas and dust. In this image we see star birth as well as star death within the Great Nebula in Carina, also known as NGC 3372.
The Little Man
J. Hester/Arizona state University NASA
Explore the image of Eta Carinae and you’ll see the little man, or homunculus, astronomers saw in their telescopes 150 years ago. Eta Carinae is a star on the brink of destruction. In 1841, the blue hypergiant-star suddenly became the second brightest star in the night sky. During the next 20 years, Eta Carinae, or Eta Car, ejected more mass than our Sun. Then the star faded. When astronomers searched out the star, they found the Homunculus Nebula. In Latin, homunculus means “little man.” Share with us the shapes and stories you see in this nebula.
Hills and Valleys
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Hills and valleys make up the starry landscape of the star-forming region of NGC 3324. This image from NASA’s Hubble Space telescope shows the edge of a giant cavity of gas. Glowing blue light sets the backdrop for wisps of gas and dark trunks of dust. Ultraviolet radiation and howling solar winds from a cluster of extremely massive and hot young stars outside the image, are causing the nebula to glow. The stars are also pushing gas and dust away from the center to form the wall of the cavity.
Star Puffer
Credit: NASA, NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
The Carina Nebula reminds me of a coral reef with all the rich colors and glowing scenery. We missed what looks to me like a puffer fish during our last look at the Carina Nebula when we found sea monsters, birds and cosmic caterpillars.
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