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Nebulae
These pictures were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and are provided courtesy of the Space Telescope Science Institute. All images were imaged with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 or the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
- M16: The Eagle Nebula #1
- Columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16,
the Eagle Nebula.
(Size: 293K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC95-44a
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 11M)
- M16: The Eagle Nebula #2
- Closer view of the leftmost "pillar" of interstellar
hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula.
(Size: 389K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC95-44b
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 11M)
- M42: The Orion Nebula
- Mosaic of 45 images taken between Jan. 1994 and
March 1995 of M42, the Orion Nebula.
(Size: 246K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC95-45a
- Planetary Nebula, MyCn18
- MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about
8,000 light-years away.
(Size: 387K)
Image IDs: STScI-PRC96-07, P-46535
- The Helix Nebula
- Collision of two gasses ("cometary knots") in the Helix
Nebula in the constellation Aquarius.
(Size: 104K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-13a
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 12M)
- The Helix Nebula: Detail
- Closer view of the "cometary knots" in the Helix Nebula.
(Size: 69K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-13b
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 12M)
- M1: The Crab Nebula
- The Crab Nebula, M1, as imaged by HST and the Mount
Palomar telescope.
(Size: 308K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-22a
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 13M)
- NGC 604
- Star forming region in the nebula NGC 604, in the nearby
sprial galaxy M33, as imaged by HST and the Mount Palomar
telescope.
(Size: 47K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-27
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 13M)
- NGC 2363
- Star forming region in the nebula NGC 2363, in the
Magellanic galaxy NGC 2366, as imaged by HST and the
Canada-France-Hawaii (CFHT) 3.6 m telescope on
Mauna Kea.
(Size: 35K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-31
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 14M)
- M8: The Lagoon Nebula
- One-half light-year long interstellar "twisters" in the
Lagoon Nebula (M8) in the constellation Sagittarius.
(Size: 25K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-38a
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 17M)
- The Lagoon Nebula: Detail
- Closer view of the "twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula.
(Size: 26K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC96-38b
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 17M)
- Hen-1357: The Stingray Nebula
- Image of the youngest known planetary nebula, the Stingray
nebula (Hen-1357).
(Size: 18K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC98-15a
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 14M)
- NGC 3603
- Stellar formation in NGC 3603.
(Size: 175K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC99-20
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 6.4M)
- The Papillon Nebula
- Stellar formation in the Papillon Nebula in the Large
Magellanic Cloud.
(Size: 165K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC99-23
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 13M)
- He2-104: The Southern Crab Nebula
- Close-up of the "Southern Crab Nebula" (He2-104).
(Size: 194K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC99-32
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 16M)
- 30 Doradus
- The birthplace of massive stars, 30 Doradus Nebula (WFPC2
and NICMOS).
(Size: 209K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC99-33a
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 14M)
- 30 Doradus: Detail
- Closer view of the stars in the 30 Doradus Nebula (WFPC2
and NICMOS).
(Size: 153K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC99-33b
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 14M)
- M20: The Trifid Nebula
- Stellar formation in the Trifid Nebula (M20).
(Size: 45K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC99-42
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 6.5M)
- NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
- The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) in Cassiopeia.
(Size: 67K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC00-04
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 6.5M)
- NGC 3372: The Carina Nebula
- The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372).
(Size: 143K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC00-06
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 9.7M)
- NGC 2392: The Eskimo Nebula
- The "Eskimo" Nebula (NGC 2392).
(Size: 93K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC00-07
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 6.4M)
- NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
- The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888).
(Size: 544K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC00-23
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 16M)
- NGC 6822: Hubble-X
- Hubble-X (NGC 6822).
(Size: 46K)
Image ID: STScI-PRC01-01
- Photo Caption
- Hi-res TIFF (Size: 1.1M)
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