Trumpler 14 embedded in the Carina Nebula
This colour-composite image of the Carina Nebula, made by the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile, reveals exquisite details in the stars and dust of the region. The open star cluster Trumpler 14, a collection of very bright, young stars within the Carina Nebula, is marked with a red circle.
Several more 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. A second open star cluster, Collinder 228 is also seen in the image, just below Eta Carinae.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | heic1601b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 21 January 2016, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1601 |
Size: | 8408 x 8337 px |
About the Object
Name: | Carina Nebula, NGC 3372, Trumpler 14 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open Milky Way : Nebula |
Distance: | 7500 light years |
Category: | Nebulae Star Clusters |
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Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Ultraviolet U |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |
Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |
Optical V |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |
Optical R |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |
Optical Sii |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |
Optical H-alpha |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |