NGC3372 (Massimo Ermanni)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: BD Car · BE Car · BF Car · BG Car · BH Car · BK Car · BL Car · BM Car · BN Car · BO Car · BP Car · BR Car · BU Car · BV Car · DV Car · DW Car · FU Car · Foramen · HX Car · HZ Car · II Car · IX Car · NGC 3372 · QZ Car · RT Car · V0429 Car · V0522 Car · V0560 Car · V0572 Car · V0573 Car · And 19 more.

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The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Grand Nebula, Great Nebula in Carina, or Eta Carinae Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years from Earth.

Eta Carinae is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity greater than five million times that of the Sun. Previously a 4th-magnitude star, it brightened in 1837 to become brighter than Rigel, marking the start of its so-called "Great Eruption". It became the second-brightest star in the sky between 11 and 14 March 1843 before fading well below naked eye visibility after 1856. In a smaller eruption, it reached 6th magnitude in 1892 before fading again. It has brightened consistently since about 1940, becoming brighter than magnitude 4.5 by 2014. Eta Carinae is sometimes known by its traditional names, Tseen She (“heaven’s altar” in Chinese) and Foramen.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
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Top picks
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Distribution of subject types

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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RA (center)	10h45m08s.63
RA (top/left)	10h38m50s.75
RA (top/right)	10h52m03s.00
RA (bottom/right)	10h51m11s.90
RA (bottom/left)	10h38m27s.19

Dec (center)	-59°54′40″.7
Dec (top/left)	-60°33′51″.3
Dec (top/right)	-60°27′21″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	-59°14′22″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-59°20′41″.5

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