... Credit Copyright : Dieter Willasch . Explanation: A jewel of the southernsky, the Great Carina Nebula , aka NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years. ...
... Explanation: South is toward the top in this colorful close-up view of the Great Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), famous star-forming region of the southernsky. ...
... Explanation: A satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud is wonder of the southernsky, named for 16th century Portuguese circumnavigator Ferdinand Magellan . ...
... Explanation: A wonder of planet Earth's southernsky, star cluster Trumpler 14 lies about nine thousand light-years away in the Carina complex -- a rich star forming region at the edge of a giant molecular cloud. ...
... NGC 5139: Omega Centauri . Credit Copyright: Martin Pugh . Explanation: Centaurus is one of the most striking constellations in the southernsky. ...
... An evocative nebula in the southernsky, the sprawling cosmic Tarantula is an energetic star forming region some 168,000 light-years distant in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. ...