NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula

Capture

Seestar s50 390 stacks

Date

16 June 2024

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

1080 × 1920 px

NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina. It is approximately 8,500 light-years from Earth, and is one of the largest diffuse nebulae in Earth’s sky. It is four times as large as and even brighter than the famous Orion Nebula. Within the nebula is Eta Carina, a highly unstable, luminous hypergiant star. Estimates of its mass range from 100 to 150 times the mass of the Sun and 4 million times more luminous. Apparent magnitude 1.0

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