a very large star cluster in the sky

Hubble's Wide View of 'Mystic Mountain' in Infrared Caption This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared-light image of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby stars in the tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina. Credits Image NASA, ESA, Mario Livio (STScI), Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)