STScI- PRC00-06: Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula

STScI-PRC00-06
February 3, 2000

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Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula

Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image of the "Keyhole Nebula," obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The picture is a montage assembled from four different April 1999 telescope pointings with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, which used six different color filters.

Image Credit: NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

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