The Carina Nebula, one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the night sky, has been beautifully imaged by ESO’s VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. By observing in infrared light, VISTA has peered through the hot gas and dark dust enshrouding the nebula to show us myriad stars, both newborn and in their death throes.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1828/
Kind regards,
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
29 August 2018
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