Carina Nebula Details
A series of so-called Bok globules from a mosaic of the Carina Nebula assembled from 48 frames taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. The island-like clumps of dark clouds scattered across the nebula are nodules of dust and gas that have so far resisted being eaten away by photoionisation.
One globule nicknamed the "caterpillar" is shown in the central image. Its glowing edge indicates that it is being photoionized by the hottest stars in the cluster. It has been hypothesized that stars may form inside such dusty cocoons.
The Hubble images were taken in the light of ionized hydrogen. Colour information was added with data taken at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Red corresponds to sulphur, green to hydrogen, and blue to oxygen emission.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic0707c |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 24 April 2007, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0707 |
Size: | 4167 x 2823 px |
About the Object
Name: | Carina Nebula, NGC 3372 |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark : Bok Globule |
Distance: | 7500 light years |
Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical Oiii | 501 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical H-alpha + Nii | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical Sii | 672 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical Sii | 672 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical H-alpha + Nii | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |