Carina Nebula Stars WR 22 and Eta Carinae


Spectacular panoramic view combines a new image of the field around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 22 in the Carina Nebula (right) with an earlier picture of the region around the unique star Eta Carinae in the heart of the nebula (left). The picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. Release date June 28, 2013.


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