The Eta Carinae Nebula: Panoramic View | ESO

The Eta Carinae Nebula: Panoramic View | ESO

This spectacular panoramic view combines an image of the field around the Wolf–Rayet star WR 22 in the Eta Carinae Nebula (right) with a picture of the region around the unique star Eta Carinae in the heart of the nebula (left). The picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: June 28, 2013

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