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wherever you want in the Carina's "Mystic Mountain".
This giant pillar of gas lies within a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina. The image celebrates the 20th anniversary of Hubble’s launch and deployment into an orbit around the Earth. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed the pillar on Feb. 1-2, 2010.
IMAGE CREDIT: NASA, ESA, M. Livio, and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI) |
