NGC 3582 Nebula Close-up in Carina | Victor Blanco Telescope

NGC 3582 Nebula Close-up in Carina | Victor Blanco Telescope

NGC3582 is a nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It is part of star-forming region RCW 57 in Carina. This image was taken in 2007 using the Mosaic-2 imager on the 4-meter Victor Blanco telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: June 30, 2020

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