NOIRLab noirlab2025: Looking Sharp: Most Detailed Image Yet of Famous Stellar Nursery — The Carina Nebula observed in unprecedented detail with adaptive optics. Astronomers using the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have captured the western wall of the Carina Nebula in unprecedented detail in a compelling image released today. The image reveals a number of unusual structures in the nebula. ...

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Looking Sharp: Most Detailed Image Yet of Famous Stellar Nursery— The Carina Nebula observed in unprecedented detail with adaptive optics
5 Oct. 2020 — NOIRLab Photo Release noirlab2025

Astronomers using the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have captured the western wall of the Carina Nebula in unprecedented detail in a compelling image released today. The image reveals a number of unusual structures in the nebula. The exquisite detail revealed in the image is in part due to a technology known as adaptive optics, which resulted in a ten-fold improvement in the sharpness of the research team’s observations.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2025/

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Oct. 5, 2020




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