Eta Carinae & The Homunculus Nebula, NGC3372 (Marc Fisher)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: Carina Nebula · Foramen · NGC 3372 · eta Car · eta Car Nebula

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Eta Carinae & The Homunculus Nebula, NGC3372

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Eta Carinae & The Homunculus Nebula, NGC3372

The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and it is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years (2,600 pc) from Earth.

The Homunculus Nebula seen in the middle of the image, is a bipolar emission and reflection nebula surrounding the massive star system Eta Carinae, about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) from Earth. The nebula is embedded within the much larger Carina Nebula, a large star-forming H II region. From the Latin homunculus meaning Little Man, the nebula consists of gas which was ejected from Eta Carinae during the Great Eruption, which occurred ~7,500 years before it was observed on Earth, from 1838 to 1845. It also contains dust which absorbs much of the light from the extremely luminous central stellar system and re-radiates it as infra-red (IR). It is the brightest object in the sky at mid-IR wavelengths.

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RA (center)	10h44m30s.16
RA (top/left)	10h37m12s.13
RA (top/right)	10h46m48s.32
RA (bottom/right)	10h51m53s.58
RA (bottom/left)	10h42m19s.86

Dec (center)	-59°37′33″.1
Dec (top/left)	-59°24′55″.9
Dec (top/right)	-60°31′57″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-59°48′45″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	-58°43′14″.5

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