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04-24-2007, 11:10 PM
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html) Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2007 April 25
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0704/carina_hst.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0704/carina_hst_big.jpg)
Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
Credit: NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/), ESA (http://www.esa.int/), N. Smith (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/bio/bio_primary.html) (U. California, Berkeley (http://astro.berkeley.edu/)) et al. (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/bio/bio_primary.html), and The Hubble Heritage Team (http://heritage.stsci.edu/commonpages/infoindex/ourproject/moreproject.html) (STScI (http://www.stsci.edu/institute/)/AURA (http://www.aura-astronomy.org/)) Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050605.html) lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040517.html), is home to massive stars and changing nebula. Eta Carinae (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060326.html), the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. The Keyhole Nebula, visible left the center (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/supplemental.html), houses several of the most massive stars known and has also changed its appearance. The entire Carina Nebula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula) spans over 300 light years (http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html) and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation (http://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=17) of Carina. Pictured above (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/) is the most detailed image (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/index.html) of the Carina Nebula ever taken. The controlled color (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/original.html) image (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0707a.html) is a composite of 48 high-resolution frames taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (http://www.stsci.edu/hst/HST_overview/) and released to honor its 17th anniversary. Wide-field annotated (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/supplemental.html) and zoomable (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/format/zoom/) image versions are also available.
Tomorrow's picture: open space (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070426.html)
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Discover the cosmos! (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html) Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2007 April 25
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0704/carina_hst.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0704/carina_hst_big.jpg)
Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
Credit: NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/), ESA (http://www.esa.int/), N. Smith (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/bio/bio_primary.html) (U. California, Berkeley (http://astro.berkeley.edu/)) et al. (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/bio/bio_primary.html), and The Hubble Heritage Team (http://heritage.stsci.edu/commonpages/infoindex/ourproject/moreproject.html) (STScI (http://www.stsci.edu/institute/)/AURA (http://www.aura-astronomy.org/)) Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050605.html) lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040517.html), is home to massive stars and changing nebula. Eta Carinae (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060326.html), the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. The Keyhole Nebula, visible left the center (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/supplemental.html), houses several of the most massive stars known and has also changed its appearance. The entire Carina Nebula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula) spans over 300 light years (http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html) and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation (http://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=17) of Carina. Pictured above (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/) is the most detailed image (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/index.html) of the Carina Nebula ever taken. The controlled color (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/original.html) image (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0707a.html) is a composite of 48 high-resolution frames taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (http://www.stsci.edu/hst/HST_overview/) and released to honor its 17th anniversary. Wide-field annotated (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/supplemental.html) and zoomable (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/format/zoom/) image versions are also available.
Tomorrow's picture: open space (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070426.html)
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NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply).
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