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Credit & Copyright: William Vrbasso
Explanation:
A jewel of the southern sky,
the Great Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372,
is one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions.
Easily visible to the unaided eye it stands high above the signature hill
of Lake Ballard, ephemeral salt lake of
Western
Australia, in this serene
night skyscape from December 25, 2017.
The Milky Way itself stretches beyond the southern horizon.
Along the Milky Way, bright stars Alpha and Beta Centauri lie
just above the hill's right flank, with the
Southern Cross
and dark
Coalsack
Nebula above the hill top.
Based on a 22 panel mosaic, the scene was cropped to reveal
more closely the beauty of this region of the southern Milky Way.
On that short summer night, a star tracking camera mount was
used to record the mosaic images of the sky, but turned off to image
the foreground in moonlight.
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Publications with keywords: Milky Way - carina nebula
Publications with words: Milky Way - carina nebula
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Á Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 29 Á Milky Way over Uluru
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2024 February 5 Á In the Core of the Carina Nebula
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway