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History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

NASA's image library records History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This is a color Hubble Space Telescope (HST) heritage image of supernova remnant N49, a neighboring galaxy, that was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Color filters were used to sample light emitted by sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen. The color image was superimposed on a black and white image of stars in the same field also taken wit

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This is a color Hubble Space Telescope (HST) heritage image of supernova remnant N49, a neighboring galaxy, that was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Color filters were used to sample light emitted by sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen. The color image was superimposed on a black and white image of stars in the same field also taken with Hubble. Resembling a fireworks display, these delicate filaments are actually sheets of debris from a stellar explosion.

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NASA Image and Video LibraryHistory of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

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