Tag Archive for 'Carina Nebula'

This Hubble image shows a part of the Carina Nebula, which is located 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Kraus, University of Texas at Austin / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Zooms in on Carina Nebula

Dec 28, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a sparkling photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a small section of the Carina Nebula. This Hubble image shows a part...

This Webb image shows the Cosmic Cliffs, a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within the stellar nursery NGC 3324. The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a orange-burgundy cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively blue upper portion. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / J. DePasquale, STScI.

Webb Reveals Protostars and Energetic Jets in ‘Cosmic Cliffs’

Dec 20, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered 24 previously shrouded outflows from newborn stars in the...

These images span a range of different types of objects, including a cluster of galaxies (SMACS J0723.3-7327), a galaxy group (Stefan’s Quintet), a star-forming nebula (Carina Nebula), and a galaxy (Cartwheel Galaxy). In each image, the X-rays from Chandra show higher-energy processes than the infrared view from Webb. Additionally, infrared data from Spitzer is included in the Stephan’s Quintet composite. Image credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / Spitzer / JPL-Caltech / Webb / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Chandra Adds X-ray Data to Webb’s Infrared Images

Oct 5, 2022 by News Staff

The Stephan’s Quintet, the Cartwheel Galaxy, the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327, and the Carina Nebula were among the first publicly released images...

This landscape of ‘mountains’ and ‘valleys’ speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of the Carina Nebula, a huge star-forming region some 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Captured in infrared light by Webb, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Called the Cosmic Cliffs, Webb’s seemingly 3D picture looks like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening. In reality, it is the edge of the giant, gaseous cavity within the Carina Nebula, and the tallest ‘peaks’ in this image are about 7 light-years high. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Webb Spots Cosmic Cliffs in Carina Nebula

Jul 13, 2022 by News Staff

This image, captured in infrared light by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, reveals for previously invisible areas of star formation in NGC...

Webb’s First Full-Color Images Released

Jul 12, 2022 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope mission today released its first full-color scientific images and spectroscopic data. An artist’s impression...

A 5-light-year-long section of the western wall in the Carina Nebula, as observed with adaptive optics on the Gemini South telescope. This mountainous section of the nebula reveals a number of unusual structures including a long series of parallel ridges that could be produced by a magnetic field, a remarkable almost perfectly smooth wave, and fragments that appear to be in the process of being sheared off the cloud by a strong wind. There is also evidence for a jet of material ejected from a newly-formed star. The exquisite detail seen in the image is in part due to a technology known as adaptive optics, which resulted in a ten-fold improvement in the resolution of the research team’s observations. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / Patrick Hartigan, Rice University / Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage / Mahdi Zamani / Davide de Martin.

Astronomers Capture Best Ever Image of Carina Nebula’s Western Wall

Oct 6, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using twin 8.1-m telescopes at Gemini Observatory in Chile have captured the most detailed near-infrared image yet of the Carina Nebula’s...

Astronomers have monitored the Eta Carinae binary system for more than two decades. It has been prone to violent outbursts, including an episode in the 1840s during which ejected material formed the bipolar bubbles seen here. Now, using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument to probe the nebula in ultraviolet light, they have uncovered the glow of magnesium embedded in warm gas (shown in blue) in places they had not seen it before. The luminous magnesium resides in the space between the dusty bipolar bubbles and the outer shock-heated nitrogen-rich filaments (shown in red). The streaks visible in the blue region outside the lower-left lobe are a striking feature of the image. These streaks are created when the star’s light rays poke through the dust clumps scattered along the bubble’s surface. Wherever the ultraviolet light strikes the dense dust, it leaves a long, thin shadow that extends beyond the lobe into the surrounding gas. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / N. Smith, University of Arizona / J. Morse, BoldlyGo Institute.

Hubble Captures Eta Carinae in Ultraviolet Light

Jul 2, 2019 by News Staff

Eta Carinae is a binary stellar system approximately 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina. Also known as HD 93308 and Hen 3-481, the system...

This image of the Carina Nebula reveals the dynamic cloud of interstellar matter and thinly spread gas and dust as never before; the massive stars in the interior of this cosmic bubble emit intense radiation that causes the surrounding gas to glow; by contrast, other regions of the nebula contain dark pillars of dust cloaking newborn stars. Image credit: ESO / J. Emerson / M. Irwin / J. Lewis.

VISTA Sees Carina Nebula in Infrared Light

Aug 29, 2018 by News Staff

ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at Paranal Observatory in Chile has taken a spectacular infrared image of the Carina...

This image, taken by ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the region R18 within the Carina Nebula. The massive stars within the star formation region slowly destroy the pillars of dust and gas from which they are born. Image credit: A. McLeod / ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Sees ‘Pillars of Destruction’ within Carina Nebula

Nov 2, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed giant pillar-like structures within the Carina Nebula, a huge star-formation region...

This mosaic shows the Carina Nebula (left part of the image), home of the Eta Carinae stellar system. This part was observed with the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. The middle part shows the direct surrounding of the star system: the Homunculus Nebula, created by the ejected material from the Eta Carinae system. This image was taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The right image shows the innermost part of the system as seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer/ It is the highest resolution image of Eta Carinae ever. Image credit: Gerd Weigelt / ESO.

Eta Carinae Imaged in Sharpest Detail Ever

Oct 19, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in Chile have snapped the most detailed image ever of the Eta Carinae stellar system. This...

This composite image of the star cluster Trumpler 14 was made with data taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Jesús Maíz Apellániz, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spots Glittering Star Cluster Trumpler 14

Jan 22, 2016 by Natali Anderson

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has obtained a stunning image of a star cluster called Trumpler 14, one of the largest gatherings of hot, massive and bright...

ESO Takes Detailed Infrared Panorama of Carina Nebula

Feb 8, 2012 by News Staff

A team of astronomers has used the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope to take the most detailed panorama of the Carina Nebula in infrared light. The...

New View of the Carina Nebula

Nov 16, 2011 by News Staff

Using the LABOCA camera on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope on the plateau of Chajnantor in the Chilean Andes, a team of astronomers...