Zooming in on the Carina Nebula
This zoom sequence starts with a broad view of the Milky Way and closes in on the Carina Nebula, an active stellar nursery about 7500 light-years from Earth. In the final sequence we see a new image taken with the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. This picture was taken with the help of Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, during his visit to the observatory on 5 June 2012 and released on the occasion of the telescope’s inauguration in Naples on 6 December 2012.
Credit:ESO/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2 . Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind). Acknowledgement: VPHAS+ Consortium/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Video
| Id: | eso1250a |
| Release date: | 6 December 2012, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1639, eso1250 |
| Duration: | 56 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Carina Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Category: | Nebulae |
