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NGC 3372 · Emission nebula (H II region) · Carina

Carina Nebula

Also known as C 92 · eta Car Nebula

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Type

Emission nebula (H II region)

Constellation

Carina

Position (J2000)

10h 45m 09s · −59° 52′ 00″

Discovered

by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751

Pictures

3

Typical integration

7.9 h

Magnitude

3

visual

Size

120′

Best months

Jan–Mar

Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.