This broad panorama of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged.

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, M110, NGC 206 © Copyright 1997 by Jerry Lodriguss 20 Millbank Lane Voorhees, NJ 08043 USA phone: 609-770-8246 email: jml@astropix.com Composite of two 45 minute exposures, gas-hypersensitized Fujicolor Super HG 400 color negative film. Astro-Physic's 130 EDT f/8 refractor working at f/6 with telecompressor. Guided with an SBIG ST-4 autoguider on a Losmandy GM 100 EQ mount. October 9, 1994 at 10:50 pm and 11:41 pm from Chews Ridge, California. The two original negatives were scanned with a Kodak RSF 2035 Plus scanner and digitized, and then added together and enhanced in Photoshop.