<p>Composed of gas and dust, the pictured pillar resides in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula" class="extiw" title="en:Carina Nebula">Carina Nebula</a>, located 7500 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/light-years" class="extiw" title="en:light-years">light-years</a> away in the southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_(constellation)" class="extiw" title="en:Carina (constellation)">constellation of Carina</a>.
</p><p>This image is a composite of images in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carina_Nebula_in_visible_light_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope).jpg" title="File:Carina Nebula in visible light (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg">visible</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carina_Nebula_in_infrared_light_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope).jpg" title="File:Carina Nebula in infrared light (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg">infrared</a> light.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble</a>'s Wide Field Camera 3 observed the Carina Nebula on 24-30 July 2009. The composite image was made from filters that isolate emission from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iron" class="extiw" title="en:iron">iron</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/magnesium" class="extiw" title="en:magnesium">magnesium</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oxygen" class="extiw" title="en:oxygen">oxygen</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hydrogen" class="extiw" title="en:hydrogen">hydrogen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sulphur" class="extiw" title="en:sulphur">sulphur</a>.
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
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