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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2022 January 31   
      
                                Carina Nebula North   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Colombari   
      
      Explanation: The Great Carina Nebula is home to strange stars and   
      iconic nebulas. Named for its home constellation, the huge star-forming   
      region is larger and brighter than the Great Orion Nebula but less well   
      known because it is so far south -- and because so much of humanity   
      lives so far north. The featured image shows in great detail the   
      northern-most part of the Carina Nebula. Visible nebulas include the   
      semi-circular filaments surrounding the active star Wolf-Rayet 23   
      (WR23) on the far left. Just left of center is the Gabriela Mistral   
      Nebula consisting of an emission nebula of glowing gas (IC 2599)   
      surrounding the small open cluster of stars (NGC 3324). Above the image   
      center is the larger star cluster NGC 3293, while to its right is the   
      relatively faint emission nebula designated Loden 153. The most famous   
      occupant of the Carina Nebula, however, is not shown. Off the image to   
      the lower right is the bright, erratic, and doomed star star known as   
      Eta Carinae -- a star once one of the brightest stars in the sky and   
      now predicted to explode in a supernova sometime in the next few   
      million years.   
      
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