Sculpting the South Pillar Size:18" x 18" Return from the Hunt

Return from the Hunt

belongs to a class of objects called planetary nebulae

listening in on the proceedings of the House

In the months that followed

Cervin Robinson

Sculpting the South Pillar Size:18" x 18" Return from the HuntEta Carinae, one of the most massive and unstable stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, has a profound effect on its environment. Found in the South Pillar region of the Carina Nebula, these fantastic pillars of glowing dust and gas embedded with newborn stars were sculpted by the intense wind and radiation from Eta Carinae and other massive stars. Glowing brightly in planet Earth's southern sky, the expansive Eta Carinae Nebula is a mere 10,000 light years