viernes, 11 de diciembre de 2015

Carina Nebula.

Picture of Carina Nebula



The second brightest star of the sky is located in Carina Nebula.

Is one of the most massive stars of the Galaxy. Its name is Carinae (canopo) is a white-yellow  supergigant, at 310 light years distance.



The Milky Way crosses Carina, the Constellation contains several open clusters,  such as NGC 2516 and IC 2602. This last one is known as the "Southern Pleiades".


3 comentarios:

  1. i like this post is a beautiful nebula

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  2. i like this post is a beautiful nebula

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  3. Very interesting! But... where is the picture of that nebula? I can' t see it in my computer-

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