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Ground-Based Image of Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
This image shows the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), combining the light from 3 different filters tracing emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The color is also representative of the temperature in the ionized gas: blue is relatively hot and red is cooler. This image was taken at the Curtis Schmidt telescope at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory.
Visit the NOAO image gallery for more file formats (http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0667.html).
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.Carina Nebula,NGC 3372
- Release DateNovember 6, 2003
- Science ReleaseHubble Photographs Turbulent Neighborhood Near Eruptive Star
- CreditN. Smith, University of Minnesota/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov
