Extreme star cluster bursts into life (ground-based image) A
wide-field image of the Milky Way stretching across the southern
sky. The beautiful Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is seen at the right
of the image glowing in red. It is within this spiral arm of our
Milky Way that NGC 3603 resides. At the centre of the image is
the constellation of the Southern Cross. The bright yellow/white
star at the left of the image is alpha Centauri, in fact a
system of three stars, at a distance of about 4.4 light-years
from Earth. About the Image |Release date:||2 October 2007,
15:00| |Size:||5544 x 4432 px| About the Object |Type:||• Solar
System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way|