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A census of the Carina complex

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Dust and glowing hydrogen obscure the Carina complex at visible wavelengths. An X-ray study, combined with infrared surveys, provides knowledge of newly formed stellar associations and past supernova explosions in this system.

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Figure 1: Carina complex in focus.

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY

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  1. Theodore R. Gull is in the Astrophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.,

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