﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2023 May 1 [2]The featured image shows the northern part of the Great Carina Nebula featuring the Gabriela Mistral Nebula as well as other nebulae and star clusters. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Carina Nebula North Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Carlos Taylor Explanation: The [4]Great Carina Nebula is home to strange stars and iconic nebulas. Named for its [5]home constellation, the huge star-forming region is larger and brighter than the [6]Great Orion Nebula but less well known because it is so far south -- and because so [7]much of humanity lives so far north. The [8]featured image shows in great detail the northernmost part of the [9]Carina Nebula. On the bottom left is the [10]Gabriela Mistral [11]Nebula consisting of an [12]emission nebula of glowing gas (IC 2599) surrounding the small open cluster of stars ([13]NGC 3324). Above the image center is the larger star cluster [14]NGC 3293, while to its right is the emission nebula Loden 153. The [15]most famous occupant of the [16]Carina Nebula, however, is not shown. [17]Off the image to the lower right is the bright, erratic, and doomed star known as [18]Eta Carinae -- a star once [19]one of the brightest stars in the sky and now predicted to explode in a [20]supernova sometime in the next few million years. Tomorrow's picture: unusually flat mars __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC, [41]NASA Science Activation & [42]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2305/CarNorth_Taylor_6179.jpg 3. https://www.capturingancientphotons.com/about 4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190507.html 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_(constellation) 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171129.html 7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/03/histpop.png 8. https://www.astrobin.com/aweslh/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090524.html 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Mistral 11. https://telescope.live/gallery/168 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_nebula 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3324 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3293 15. https://i.pinimg.com/474x/e9/1d/9c/e91d9c4bd7c0ae81975ac7d7b9695742.jpg 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula 17. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carina_Nebula_by_Harel_Boren_(151851961,_modified).jpg 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae 19. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23134811G/abstract 20. https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/supernovae1.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230430.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230501 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230502.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 42. http://www.mtu.edu/