Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2022 January 31
      [2]The featured image shows the northern part of the Great Carina
    Nebula featuring the Gabriela Mistral Nebula as well as other nebulae
       and star clusters. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                             Carina Nebula North
               Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Roberto Colombari

   Explanation: The [4]Great Carina Nebula is home to strange stars and
   iconic nebulas. Named for its [5]home constellation, the huge
   star-forming region is larger and brighter than the [6]Great Orion
   Nebula but less well known because it is so far south -- and because so
   [7]much of humanity lives so far north. The [8]featured image shows in
   great detail the northern-most part of the [9]Carina Nebula.
   [10]Visible nebulas include the semi-circular filaments surrounding the
   active [11]star Wolf-Rayet 23 (WR23) on the far left. Just left of
   center is the [12]Gabriela Mistral [13]Nebula consisting of an
   [14]emission nebula of glowing gas (IC 2599) surrounding the small open
   cluster of stars ([15]NGC 3324). Above the [16]image center is the
   larger star cluster [17]NGC 3293, while to its right is the relatively
   faint emission nebula designated Loden 153. The [18]most famous
   occupant of the [19]Carina Nebula, however, is not shown. [20]Off the
   image to the lower right is the bright, erratic, and doomed star star
   known as [21]Eta Carinae -- a star once [22]one of the brightest stars
   in the sky and now predicted to explode in a [23]supernova sometime in
   the next few million years.

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    Authors & editors: [35]Robert Nemiroff ([36]MTU) & [37]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([38]UMCP)
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2201/CarinaNorth_Colombari_3000.jpg
   3. https://www.facebook.com/roberto.colombari
   4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190507.html
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_(constellation)
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171129.html
   7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/03/histpop.png
   8. https://www.fast-aio.net/aroundetacarinae
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090524.html
  10. https://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/bubble-around-wolf-rayet-23/
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf–Rayet_star
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Mistral
  13. https://telescope.live/gallery/168
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_nebula
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3324
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210208.html
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3293
  18. https://i.pinimg.com/474x/e9/1d/9c/e91d9c4bd7c0ae81975ac7d7b9695742.jpg
  19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula
  20. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carina_Nebula_by_Harel_Boren_(151851961,_modified).jpg
  21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae
  22. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23134811G/abstract
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