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Carina Nebula
NGC3372
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Car
- Right ascension
- 10h 45m 08.6s
- Declination
- −59° 52′
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.0
- Angular size
- 120x120′
- Catalogue
- NGC3372
Located in Carina.
The outline on your card
A giant southern complex of bright ridges, dark dust lanes and towering pillars around Eta Carinae.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Pillars · Embedded stars · Bright rim
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