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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.   
      
                                    2023 May 1   
       The featured image shows the northern part of the Great Carina Nebula   
      featuring the Gabriela Mistral Nebula as well as other nebulae and star   
        clusters. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                                Carina Nebula North   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Taylor   
      
      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   
      northernmost part of the Carina Nebula. On the bottom left 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 emission nebula 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 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.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: unusually flat mars   
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