Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  IC 2581  ·  NGC 3199  ·  NGC 3247  ·  The star s Car
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Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199), Uri Abraham
Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199)
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Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199)

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Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199), Uri Abraham
Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199)
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Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199)

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The Whirling Dervish is preparing for the dance show 

"From their origins in the 13th century, in Turkey, the whirling dervishes symbolized their beliefs through their ecstatic dances"

Can you see a Dervish dancer (center) approaching the dance stage (top center) ? 😊😊  

About the image
This is a wide view of a beautiful massive HII region in Carina, the image shows the amazing intricacies of the vast stellar nursery, also known as the Whirling Dervish Nebula. At its bottom lies a giant cluster of young stars, Westerlund 2, which is about 6 to 13 light years across and contains some 3,000 stars. Its estimated age is only 2 million years. The cluster and the nebula lie in the direction of the southern constellation Carina, at an approximate distance of 20,000 light years from Earth.

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Whirling Dervish Nebula (NGC 3247, NGC 3199), Uri Abraham