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Image: The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme

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The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme
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Description: This image, released for Hubble's 17th anniversary, shows a region of star birth and death in the Carina Nebula. The nebula contains at least a dozen brilliant stars that are 50 to 100 times the mass of our Sun.
Resolution: 5120x1600
Copyright: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Date added: 27 September 2012
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