Mammoth stars seen by Hubble - space

Mammoth stars seen by Hubble - space

The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina, the Keel. WR 25 is the brightest, situated near the centre of the image. The neighbouring Tr16-244 is the third brightest, just to the upper left of WR 25. The second brightest, to the left of WR 25, is a low mass star located much closer to the Earth than the Carina Nebula.\r\n\r\n\r\nCredit:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)\r\n

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