Exploring the Carina Molecular Complex
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:38 am
Hello everybody!
For the greater part of last week I have been venturing towards the Carina Nebula. It is a waypoint of sorts as I plan to head beyond and do some routeplanning there. The Carina Nebula is not what you might call a 'stand alone' nebula (although it looks like this on the Galaxy Map) but it's more or less one bright and beautiful piece of a greater puzzle called the Carina Molecular Cloud. Long before reaching the Nebula you come across various Open Star Clusters, mostly with a core of young O and B type stars, and as the Complex lies somewhat in the galactic plane, you also cross numerous dark patches of dust and so-called 'Badlands' predominantly abundant with Brown Dwarfs and only a few 'Filling Stations'.
I have compiled a bit of my journey into a couple of images I just wanted to share with you. Space, after all, is a beautiful thing and there are quite some jewels to be found there.
The journey so far
A schematic view of various entities of the Carina Complex
A filtered Galaxy Map view to show a Star Cluster' 'core' of bright stars
There's more in my small but growing Blog (see Signature) and I try to keep up with my travels.
Thanks for reading and as always, fly safe!
For the greater part of last week I have been venturing towards the Carina Nebula. It is a waypoint of sorts as I plan to head beyond and do some routeplanning there. The Carina Nebula is not what you might call a 'stand alone' nebula (although it looks like this on the Galaxy Map) but it's more or less one bright and beautiful piece of a greater puzzle called the Carina Molecular Cloud. Long before reaching the Nebula you come across various Open Star Clusters, mostly with a core of young O and B type stars, and as the Complex lies somewhat in the galactic plane, you also cross numerous dark patches of dust and so-called 'Badlands' predominantly abundant with Brown Dwarfs and only a few 'Filling Stations'.
I have compiled a bit of my journey into a couple of images I just wanted to share with you. Space, after all, is a beautiful thing and there are quite some jewels to be found there.
The journey so far
- The Journey so far
- Approach.jpg (159.04 KiB) Viewed 2626 times
A schematic view of various entities of the Carina Complex
- Entities of the carina Complex
- Carina_Complex.jpg (141.85 KiB) Viewed 2626 times
A filtered Galaxy Map view to show a Star Cluster' 'core' of bright stars
- NGC 3590 Open Cluster
- ngc_3590_galmap.jpg (89.89 KiB) Viewed 2626 times
There's more in my small but growing Blog (see Signature) and I try to keep up with my travels.
Thanks for reading and as always, fly safe!
