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Nebula NGC 3582 in Carina: Wide-field view | European Southern Observatory

Nebula NGC 3582 in Carina: Wide-field view | European Southern Observatory


This visible light wide-field image of the region around the nebula NGC 3582 was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. This star formation region appears close to the center and is just one part of a vast complex of gas and dust in the southern Milky Way. The field of view is approximately 2.8 degrees across.

Distance: 10,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO) and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin 

Release Date: April 13, 2011


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