NGC 3372
E290078
NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 3372 canonical | 2 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
H II region
ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ diffuse nebula ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ star-forming region ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Carina Nebula
ⓘ
Carina Nebula ⓘ
surface form:
Eta Carinae Nebula
Carina Nebula ⓘ
surface form:
Great Carina Nebula
|
| angularSize | about 2 degrees ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 1.0 ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | March ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| containsObject |
Herbig–Haro objects
ⓘ
Wolf–Rayet stars ⓘ massive O-type stars ⓘ protostars ⓘ young stellar objects ⓘ |
| containsStar | Eta Carinae ⓘ |
| containsStarCluster |
Collinder 228
ⓘ
Collinder 232 ⓘ Trumpler 14 ⓘ Trumpler 15 ⓘ Trumpler 16 ⓘ |
| containsStructure |
Homunculus Nebula
ⓘ
Homunculus Nebula ⓘ
surface form:
Keyhole Nebula
dust pillars ⓘ ionization fronts ⓘ massive stellar wind bubbles ⓘ molecular clouds ⓘ |
| declination | −59° 52′ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 2300 parsecs
ⓘ
approximately 7500 light-years ⓘ |
| dominantEmissionLine | H-alpha ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | several hundred thousand solar masses of gas and dust ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProcess |
massive star formation
ⓘ
photoionization ⓘ stellar wind feedback ⓘ supernova feedback ⓘ triggered star formation ⓘ |
| ionizingSource | massive OB stars ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Carina ⓘ |
| locatedInGalacticArm |
Sagittarius Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Carina–Sagittarius Arm
|
| notableFor |
being one of the largest star-forming regions in the Milky Way visible to the naked eye
ⓘ
extensive regions of ionized gas and dust ⓘ hosting the unstable massive star Eta Carinae ⓘ |
| observedByTelescope |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ Very Large Telescope ⓘ |
| observedInWavelength |
X-ray
ⓘ
infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ radio ⓘ |
| partOfGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| regionType | giant H II region ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 10h 45m ⓘ |
| spectralType | emission dominated by hydrogen recombination lines ⓘ |
| visibleFromHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carina