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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.   
      
                                   2024 April 19   
      
                              The Great Carina Nebula   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Demison Lopes   
      
      Explanation: A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula is   
      more modestly known as NGC 3372. One of our Galaxy's largest star   
      forming regions, it spans over 300 light-years. Like the smaller, more   
      northerly Great Orion Nebula, the Carina Nebula is easily visible to   
      the unaided eye. But at a distance of 7,500 light-years it lies some 5   
      times farther away. This stunning telescopic view reveals remarkable   
      details of the region's glowing filaments of interstellar gas and   
      obscuring cosmic dust clouds. The Carina Nebula is home to young,   
      extremely massive stars, including the still enigmatic variable Eta   
      Carinae, a star with well over 100 times the mass of the Sun. Eta   
      Carinae is the bright star above the central dark notch in this field   
      and left of the dusty Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324).   
      
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