Carina Nebula

E59350
H II region emission nebula giant molecular cloud complex star-forming region

The Carina Nebula is a vast, active star-forming region in the Milky Way known for its towering gas and dust pillars and dramatic young stellar clusters.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Carina Nebula canonical 12
Carina star-forming complex 2
Eta Carinae Nebula 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region ⓘ
emission nebula ⓘ
giant molecular cloud complex ⓘ
star-forming region ⓘ
ageRangeOfYoungStars less than a few million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Carina Nebula ⓘ
surface form: Great Carina Nebula

NGC 3372 ⓘ
angularSize about 2 degrees ⓘ
apparentMagnitude about 1.0 ⓘ
bestSeenIn austral autumn and winter ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
contains Collinder 228 ⓘ
Collinder 232 ⓘ
Eta Carinae ⓘ
Herbig–Haro objects ⓘ
Carina Nebula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Keyhole Nebula

Trumpler 14 ⓘ
Trumpler 15 ⓘ
Trumpler 16 ⓘ
Wolf–Rayet stars ⓘ
bipolar jets from young stars ⓘ
dark globules ⓘ
dense pillars of gas and dust ⓘ
ionization fronts ⓘ
massive O-type stars ⓘ
photodissociation regions ⓘ
protoplanetary disks ⓘ
young massive star clusters ⓘ
discoveryStatus visible to the naked eye and known since pre-telescopic times ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 2,300 parsecs ⓘ
approximately 7,500 light-years ⓘ
dominantExcitationSource ultraviolet radiation from massive stars ⓘ
hasFeature bright emission filaments ⓘ
cavities blown by massive stars ⓘ
expanding bubbles of ionized gas ⓘ
regions of triggered star formation ⓘ
towering pillars sculpted by stellar winds ⓘ
locatedIn Carina constellation ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
mass several hundred thousand solar masses of gas and dust ⓘ
observedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ
Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
observedIn X-ray wavelengths ⓘ
infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
surface form: Carina–Sagittarius Arm
roleInAstrophysics laboratory for feedback from massive stars ⓘ
laboratory for massive star formation ⓘ
laboratory for triggered star formation ⓘ
spectralType strong H-alpha emission ⓘ
starFormationActivity very high ⓘ
visibleFrom Southern Hemisphere ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Webb Space Telescope → notableFirstImageTarget → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Orion Arm → contains → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Carina Nebula → alsoKnownAs → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Carina Nebula
Carina Nebula → contains → Carina Nebula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keyhole Nebula
Carina constellation → containsDeepSkyObject → Carina Nebula ⓘ
subject surface form: Carina
Carina constellation → containsDeepSkyObject → Carina Nebula ⓘ
subject surface form: Carina
this entity surface form: Eta Carinae Nebula
Carina constellation → containsStarFormingRegion → Carina Nebula ⓘ
subject surface form: Carina
NGC 3372 → alsoKnownAs → Carina Nebula ⓘ
NGC 3372 → alsoKnownAs → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Carina Nebula
NGC 3372 → alsoKnownAs → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eta Carinae Nebula
Eta Carinae → locatedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Trumpler 14 → locatedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Trumpler 14 → partOf → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carina star-forming complex
Collinder 228 → locatedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Collinder 228 → embeddedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Collinder 228 → partOf → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carina star-forming complex
Trumpler 15 → locatedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Trumpler 15 → memberOf → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carina Nebula star-forming complex
Collinder 232 → locatedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ
Collinder 232 → partOf → Carina Nebula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carina Nebula complex
Trumpler 16 → locatedIn → Carina Nebula ⓘ