NSSDCA Photo Gallery: Nebulae
WEBApr 27, 2015 · 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.
Hubble Images - NASA Science
WEBFlip through Hubble's numerous Flickr albums and see astronauts at work in space, behind the scenes of mission operations, and Hubble's iconic images from nebulae to gravitational lens. M57, or the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a sun-like star.
Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) - NASA Science
WEBThis stunning Hubble image offers the sharpest view of the Orion Nebula ever obtained. Created using 520 different Hubble exposures taken in multiple wavelengths of light, this mosaic contains over one billion pixels.
Top 100 Images - ESA/Hubble
WEBThe NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revisited one of its most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. This image shows the pillars as seen in visible light, capturing the multi-coloured glow of gas clouds, wispy tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the rust-coloured elephants’ trunks of the nebula’s famous pillars.
NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star …
WEBJul 12, 2022 · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula that were previously obscured. Images of “Cosmic Cliffs” showcase Webb’s cameras’ capabilities to peer through cosmic dust, shedding new light on how stars form.
A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb - NASA
WEBSep 6, 2022 · In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of never-before-seen young stars that …
Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in ... - Science@NASA
WEBApr 29, 2024 · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula.
Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula | ESA/Hubble
WEBThis Hubble image gives the most detailed view of the entire Crab Nebula ever. The Crab is among the most interesting and well studied objects in astronomy. This image is the largest image ever taken with Hubble's WFPC2 camera. It was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is …
Helix Nebula - NASA
WEBSep 3, 2020 · This Helix Nebula images contains infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (green and red), optical light from Hubble (orange and blue), ultraviolet from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (cyan), and Chandra’s X-rays (appearing as white) showing the white dwarf star that formed in the center of the nebula.
Ring Nebula (NIRCam Image) - Webb
WEBAug 21, 2023 · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed the well-known Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail. Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an archetypal planetary nebula. Also known as M57 and NGC 6720, it is relatively close to Earth at roughly 2,500 light-years away.