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The Great Carina Nebula, Pranay Kanwar
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The Great Carina Nebula

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The Great Carina Nebula

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The Eta Carinae Nebula, a.k.a NG 3372 or The Great Carina Nebula, a diffuse emission nebula in Carina ~8000 light-years away and ~230 light-years across. It is one of the largest nebulas in the skies, even larger and brighter than the Great Orion Nebula.

False color image from narrowband filters SII, H-alpha, and OIII 12h 20m (50:49:49x300s) from AUS-2 Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6 telescope with QHY 600M Pro camera and Astrodon 3nm SHO filters, situated in Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia. Part of the telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates Feb-March 2023.

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