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Mystic Mountain of The Carina Nebula: Visible & Infrared Light | Hubble

Mystic Mountain of The Carina Nebula: Visible & Infrared Light | Hubble

Herbig Haro 901 is an immense pillar of gas and dust inside the Carina Nebula, a huge star-forming region in our galaxy. The pillar is several light-years tall and contains a few massive young stars.  They shoot out powerful jets that emerge from the cloud. In some cases, the jets create bow-shock patterns similar to the effects of a ship plowing through the ocean. 

In the visible-light view, very few stars can be seen because the gas and dust block starlight. However, in the infrared view, stars become visible and numerous. The visible-light colors emerge from the glow of different gases: oxygen (blue), hydrogen/nitrogen (green), and sulfur (red).  The Carina Nebula is approximately 7,500 light years from Earth.


Video: NASA, European Space Agency, and G. Bacon/Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Image Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Duration: 36 seconds

Release Date: April 11, 2018


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