Astronomy Calendar Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372, Running Chicken Nebula IC 2944, open cluster NGC 3532(above) and the open cluster Southern Plejades NGC IC 2602(below).
Astro photo taken with Canon EOS 40d modified and Canon 1:1,4 50mm at f 2 using 800ISO, 5x2min on Astrotrac mount at Chale Island coast of Kenya

The Eta Carinae Nebula, a giant gas cloud not far from the Southern Cross 9000 lightyears away about 300 lightyears diameter. It's  located on the Sagittarius-Carina spiral arm of our Milky Way . The star Eta Carinae embedded in the nebula is a giant blue variable star. Eta Carinae is a hot candidate for the next supernova explosion in our galaxy.

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astro photo,

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apm apo triplet,

large magellanic cloud,

eta carinae nebula,

Kilimanjaro, Kenya,

Andromeda galaxy,

galaxy M 33,

galaxy NGC 891,

crescent nebula,

gerlitzen,

orion nebula,m 42,

eskimo nebula,

bodes galaxy, m 81, m 82,

ngc 6995, ngc 6992,

iris nebula, .astro photo APM APO
Crab Nebula, M1, astrophoto Atik Infinity

Astronomy  Calendar 2023

Dr Peters Astronomy Calendar