Tinh The Carina Nebula or Vessel Nebula (Great Nebula in the Constellation Eta Carina Nebula or NGC 3372) is a large, bright nebula surrounding several star clusters. Eta Carinae and HD 93129A are the two stars with the highest brightness and mass in our Milky Way galaxy.
The nebula is located between 6,500 and 10,000 light years from Earth. . It appears in the constellation Can Tho and is located in the Carina–Sagittarius branch. The nebula contains many O-type stars.
A 5-light-year section of the western wall in the Carina nebula was observed using adaptive optics on the Gemini South telescope. The nebula’s mountainous outcrop shows a number of unusual structures including a long series of parallel ridges that may have been created by the magnetic field, a remarkable almost completely smooth wave, and seemingly smooth fragments. is in the process of being cut out of the cloud.
There is also a jet of matter ejected from a newly formed star. The exquisite detail seen in the images is due in part to a technology called adaptive optics that improved the resolution of the team’s observations tenfold.
The Carina Nebula also known as NGC 3372 and Caldwell 92 lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina. It was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 1750s. The nebula is a dynamic cloud of thinly spreading, growing interstellar gas and dust.
The massive stars within it emit intense radiation that causes the surrounding gas to glow. In contrast, other regions contain dark columns of dust that cover newborn stars.
“ Star-forming regions are covered by dust but can be seen through the dust by observing in infrared light,” said astronomer Patrick Hartigan and colleagues from Rice University.
The researchers used the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Camera, an adaptive optics camera near-infrared applications to peer through the outer layers of dust revealed a giant wall of dust and gas glowing with intense ultraviolet light from nearby giant young stars.
With The resolution is 10 times higher than without adaptive optics from the ground, the image reveals countless details that have never been observed before.
Dr. Hartigan informs: “ The results were amazing. We see a lot of never-before-observed detail along the edge of the cloud including a series of long parallel ridges that could be created by the magnetic field, a remarkable almost perfectly smooth sine wave idea. It is possible that the Sun also formed in such an environment. Radiation and winds from any nearby large stars will affect the masses and atmospheres of planets outside the Solar System.
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