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NASA Image of the Day · August 21, 2026

Webb Opens Treasure Chest

Webb Opens Treasure Chest
Credit: Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. ÖzsaraçLicence: NASA media usage guidelinesFull-size image and original page at NASA Image of the Day

Where it is in your sky

Object
NGC 3372 · Carina Nebula · Emission nebula
Constellation
Carina
Best seen
Evenings from January to May; highest at midnight in February
Climbs above 20°
From the South Pole to 10° N
Never rises
North of 30° N
What you need
Naked eye, from a dark site

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From the source

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into inventive shapes. This scene is from the Carina Nebula, which lies just 7500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel).

From NASA Image of the Day.

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