Carina (constellation)
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Carina is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was the southern foundation of the larger constellation of Argo Navis until it was divided into three pi
The constellation Carina as it can be seen by the naked eye
The constellation Carina showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.
Carina Nebula
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The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is
Carina (constellation)
…unusual in 1677, when its magnitude suddenly rose to 4, attracting the attention of Edmond Halley. Eta Carinae is inside NGC 3372, commonly called the Carina Nebula. It had a long outburst in 1827, when it brightened to magnitude 1, only fading to magnitude 1.5 in 1828. Its most prominent outburst made Eta Carinae…
The Carina Nebula. Eta Carinae and the Keyhole Nebula are left of center, NGC 3324 is at upper right.
The Cosmic Cliffs at the edge of NGC 3324, one of the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope
False-color image of the Carina nebula, with red for sulfur, green for hydrogen, and blue for oxygen emissions.
Eta Carinae, surrounded by the Homunculus Nebula