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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                   2022 April 25   
      
                            The Great Nebula in Carina   
               Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Javier Diaz Bobillo   
      
      Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula   
      where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great   
      Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas. The   
      Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324), the bright structure just below the image   
      center, houses several of these massive stars. The entire Carina   
      Nebula, captured here, spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500   
      light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Eta Carinae, the most   
      energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky   
      in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. While Eta Carinae itself   
      maybe on the verge of a supernova explosion, X-ray images indicate that   
      much of the Great Nebula in Carina has been a veritable supernova   
      factory.   
      
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