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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 image of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL-2688 and located roughly 3,000 light-years from us, was taken in red light with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WF/PC2) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image shows a pair of mysterious searchlight beams emerging from a hidden star, crisscrossed by numerous bright arcs. This image sheds

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A CLOSER LOOK

This image of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL-2688 and located roughly 3,000 light-years from us, was taken in red light with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WF/PC2) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image shows a pair of mysterious searchlight beams emerging from a hidden star, crisscrossed by numerous bright arcs. This image sheds new light on the poorly understood ejection of stellar matter that accompanies the slow death of Sun-like stars. The image is shown in false color.

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

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