Trumpler 16 stars, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. Dominating this area of space are a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, part of the open star cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, which is 7500 light years from Earth in the constellation of Carina. WR 25 (a Wolf-Rayet star) is at centre. Tr16-244 is just to the upper left of WR 25. The orange star at centre left is a foreground star, located much closer to Earth than the Carina Nebula. This optical and infrared image was obtained with the HST's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) sensor. Image published in 2008. | |
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