Description:
NGC 3324 is a young open cluster embedded in glowing gas at the edge of the Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina.
It is an active star-forming region where intense radiation from massive newborn stars sculpts towering walls of gas and dust in the IC2599 bright emission nebula.
NGC 3293, also in the constellation Carina, is a bright open cluster about 8,000 light-years away. Only around 10 million years old, it contains many hot blue stars and a few evolved red supergiants. Sometimes called the “Gem Cluster,” it sparkles beautifully in the top right of the centre of the image.