Mystic Mountain
This craggy fantasy mountaintop enshrouded by wispy clouds looks like a bizarre landscape. But it is indeed a pillar of gas and dust, three light-years tall, which is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars. The pillar is also being assaulted from within, as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks.
Credit:ESO/A. McLeod
About the Image
| Id: | eso1639h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 November 2016, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1639 |
| Size: | 596 x 903 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Carina Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Constellation: | Carina |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 44 4.60 |
| Position (Dec): | -59° 30' 40.07" |
| Field of view: | 1.98 x 3.00 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 180.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical OIII | 500 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical H-Alpha | 656 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical H-Beta | 486 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical SII | 673 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical SII | 671 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical NII | 658 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical SIII | 906 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |