[LEFT] This is the Carina Nebula as imaged by ground-based telescopes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory (CTIO) in La Serena, Chile. Narrow-band filters which allow emission from oxygen, hydrogen, and oxygen were used to create this multi-colored image. The white box outlines the Hubble Space Telescope/CTIO Carina Nebula mosaic, released in 2007. Image courtesy of N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF.
[TOP RIGHT] This is the Hubble Space Telescope/CTIO mosaic of a subsection of the Carina Nebula. CTIO emission filters were combined with Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) data taken with filters that isolate hydrogen emission. This higher-resolution ACS image was used as a luminosity layer and combined with the multi-filtered CTIO data. The white box outline indicates the Carina Nebula dust pillars. Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
[BOTTOM RIGHT] This is a photo of the Carina Nebula dust pillars imaged with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) detector using filters that allow emission from hydrogen (from 2005 data) and oxygen (2010 data). The recent oxygen observations were a "bonus" dataset that resulted when the ACS was used "in parallel" with the Wide Field Camera (WFC) as that detector imaged Herbig-Haro objects 901/902 in February 2010 for Hubble's 20th Anniversary image release. Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and M. Livio (STScI).
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and L. Frattare (STScI);Left Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
Top-right Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA);
Bottom-right Image: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Project (STScI/AURA);
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Carina Nebula and Pillar in the Carina Nebula |
| Object Description | Carina Nebula Star-Forming Pillars |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Distance | 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Instrument | CTIO>MOSAIC 2 (left), HST>ACS and CTIO>MOSAIC 2 (top-right), and HST>WFC3 (bottom-right) |
| Exposure Dates | December 2001/March 2003 (CTIO image, left), March/July 2005 (HST>ACS, top-right), July 17, 2005, and February 1-2, 2010 (HST>WFC3, bottom-right) |
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
| Image Credit | The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content. |
| Publication Date | The date and time the release content became public. |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
