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    The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity...
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    fields. Ant Nebula Barnard's Loop Boomerang Nebula Cat's Eye Nebula Crab Nebula Eagle Nebula Eskimo Nebula Carina Nebula Fox Fur Nebula Helix Nebula Horsehead...
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    Lacaille in 1751, which contains several nebulae. The Carina Nebula overall is an extended emission nebula approximately 8,000 light-years away and 300 light-years...
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    Eta Carinae (redirect from Eta carina)
    Trumpler 16 open cluster within the much larger Carina Nebula. Although unrelated to the star and nebula, the weak Eta Carinids meteor shower has a radiant...
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    Sagittarius (RA 18h 5m) M8, the Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius (RA 18h 4m) NGC 3372, the Carina Nebula in Carina (RA 10h 45m) Galactic disc Churchwell,...
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    nebula is embedded within the much larger Carina Nebula, a large star-forming H II region. From the Latin homunculus meaning Little Man, the nebula consists...
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    Finger of God Globule (category Carina Nebula)
    globule is a Bok globule and dark nebula located around 7,300 light-years away from Earth, within the Carina Nebula. It is ~2 light years across, and...
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    NGC 6523 in Sagittarius and the Orion Nebula M42. Further in the southern hemisphere is the bright Carina Nebula NGC 3372. Emission nebulae often have...
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  • The 17th-anniversary celebration featured a panorama of part of the Carina Nebula, and a collection of images selected from that area. In its 17 years...
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    WR 22, WR 24 and Eta Carinae. All of these stars are located in the Carina nebula. Accurate measurement of stellar luminosities is difficult, even when...
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