The “Mystic Mountain” (infrared view) | Hubble

The “Mystic Mountain” (infrared view) | Hubble

Mystic Mountain is a photograph and a term for a region in the Carina Nebula imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The view was captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, though the region was also viewed by a previous generation instrument. This view celebrated the telescope's 20th anniversary of being in space in 2010. 

Mystic Mountain contains multiple Herbig–Haro objects where nascent stars are firing off jets of gas that interact with surrounding clouds of gas and dust. This region is about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) away from Earth. The pillar measures around three light-years in height (190,000 astronomical units). The name was influenced by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. [Wikipedia]

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Mario Livio of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Capture Date: February/March 2010, Exposure Time: 12 hours

Release Date: April 22, 2010

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