The Eta Carinae nebula, NGC 3372
noirlab_noao-02174 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
The central portion of the Eta Carinae Nebula, NGC 3372, also known as the Keyhole Nebula, in the constellation of Carina. This gaseous bright nebula surrounds the peculiar variable star Eta Carinae, with overlying clouds of dark material. The nebula is 9000 light-years from Earth. Cerro Tololo 4-meter Blanco telescope, 1976: north is at the top.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02174/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-02174
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Eta Carinae, Keyhole Nebula, NGC 3372
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:03
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02174/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 161.3725992, -59.69848767
- Reference Dimension
- 2970.0, 1979.0
- Reference Pixel
- 961.5555267, 774.4299011
- Scale
- -0.000182, 0.000183
- Rotation
- -10.26890079
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-02174
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02174.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:33.074812
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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