Carina Nebula Western Wall (without adaptive optics)

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Acknowledgment: 

PI: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University)

Image processing: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

Carina Nebula Western Wall (without adaptive optics)

A 50-trillion-km (33-trillion-mile, or 5 light-year) long section of the western wall in the Carina Nebula, observed without adaptive optics.

About the Image

ID: noirlab2025d
Type: Observation

About the Object

Name: Carina Nebula

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