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Tour of the Carina Nebula. Carina Nebula. This video starts from a wide-field view of the constellation of Carina (The Keel), and zooms in to the Carina Nebula region. This zoom sequence starts with a broad view of the Milky Way and closes in on the Carina Nebula. In the final sequence we see a new image taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. This video sequence compares a view of the Carina Nebula taken in visible light with a new picture taken in infrared light. The visible-light view comes from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory and the new infrared picture comes from the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many new features that are not seen at all in visible light can be seen in great detail in the new sharp infrared image from the VLT.

  • The Carina Nebula. Credit ESO.

  • The Carina Nebula around the Wolf–Rayet star WR 22. Credit ESO.

  • A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) false-color image/diagram of the Carina Nebula (Zoomable version); Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.

  • Super massive star Eta Carinae as imaged by Hubble Space Telescope.

  • Colour-composite image of the Carina Nebula, revealing exquisite details in the stars and dust of the region. Credit ESO.

  • Keyhole Nebula, imaged by Hubble Space Telescope. The small nebula to the upper left has been nicknamed "finger of God" or "God's birdie", due to the gesture it appears to be making.

  • Panoramic view of the WR 22 and Eta Carinae regions of the Carina Nebula.

  • Hubble's photo of turbulent neighborhood near eruptive star.

  • "Mystic Mountain".

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