Wide-field image of the Southern Milky-Way (ground-based image)
A wide-field, ground-based image showing the southern Milky Way from Centaurus at the bottom to Carina on the top. The Carina Nebula is seen as a reddish patch on the top.
Credit:A. Fujii
About the Image
Id: | heic0707f |
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Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 24 April 2007, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0707 |
Size: | 4424 x 5521 px |
About the Object
Name: | Carina Nebula |
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Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way Milky Way : Nebula |
Distance: | 7500 light years |
Category: | Nebulae |