Mystic Mountain

Mystic Mountain is a photograph and a term for a region in the Carina Nebula imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The view was captured by the then-new Wide Field Camera 3, though the region was also viewed by the previous generation instrument. The new view celebrated the telescope's 20th anniversary of being in space in 2010.^[1] Mystic Mountain contains multiple Herbig–Haro objects where nascent stars are firing off jets of gas which interact with surrounding clouds of gas and dust.^[2][3] This region is about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) away from Earth. The pillar measures around three light-years in height (190,000 astronomical units).^[1] The name was influenced by the works of H. P. Lovecraft.^[4]

Mystic Mountain

The location of the feature can be seen in this wider view of the Carina Nebula.

See also

• Pillars of Creation, another noted Hubble image
• List of deep fields
• HD 93129
• Trumpler 14
• List of Hubble anniversary images