NSSDC Photo Gallery 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).

Thumbnail	Image Description	Caption	NASA IDs	Image Size	Hi-Resolution TIFF?
	Columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula	Caption	STScI-PRC95-44a	293K	Hi-res
	Closer view of the leftmost "pillar" of interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula.	Caption	STScI-PRC95-44b	389K	Hi-res
	Mosaic of 45 images taken between Jan. 1994 and March 1995 of M42, the Orion Nebula.	Caption	STScI-PRC95-45a	246K
	MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away.	Caption	STScI-PRC96-07, P-46535	387K
	Collision of two gasses ("cometary knots") in the Helix Nebula in the constellation Aquarius	Caption	STScI-PRC96-13a	104K	Hi-res
	Closer view of the "cometary knots" in the Helix Nebula	Caption	STScI-PRC96-13b	69K	Hi-res
	The Crab Nebula, M1, as imaged by HST and the Mount Palomar telescope.	Caption	STScI-PRC96-22a	308K	Hi-res
	Star forming region in the nebula NCG 604, in the nearby sprial galaxy M33, as imaged by HST and the Mount Palomar telescope.	Caption	STScI-PRC96-27	47K	Hi-res
	Star forming region in the nebula NCG 2366, in the Magellanic galaxy NGC 2366, as imaged by HST and the Canada-France-Hawaii (CFHT) 3.6-meter telescope on Mauna Kea.	Caption	STScI-PRC96-31	35K	Hi-res
	One-half light-year long interstellar "twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in the constellation Sagittarius.	Caption	STScI-PRC96-38a	25K	Hi-res
	Closer view of the "twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula.	Caption	STScI-PRC96-38b	26K	Hi-res
	Image of the youngest known planetary nebula, the Stingray nebula (Hen-1357).	Caption	STScI-PRC98-15a	18K	Hi-res
	Stellar formation in NGC 3603.	Caption	STScI-PRC99-20	175K	Hi-res
	Stellar formation in the Papillon Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.	Caption	STScI-PRC99-23	165K	Hi-res
	Close-up of the "Southern Crab Nebula" (He2-104).	Caption	STScI-PRC99-32	194K	Hi-res
	The birthplace of massive stars, 30 Doradus Nebula (WFPC2 and NICMOS).	Caption	STScI-PRC99-33a	209K	Hi-res
	Closer view of the stars in the 30 Doradus Nebula (WFPC2 and NICMOS).	Caption	STScI-PRC99-33b	153K	Hi-res
	Stellar formation in the Trifid Nebula (M20).	Caption	STScI-PRC99-42	45K	Hi-res
	The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) in Cassiopeia.	Caption	STScI-PRC00-04	67K	Hi-res
	The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372).	Caption	STScI-PRC00-06	143K	Hi-res
	The "Eskimo" Nebula (NGC 2392).	Caption	STScI-PRC00-07	93K	Hi-res
	The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888).	Caption	STScI-PRC00-23	544K	Hi-res
	Hubble-X (NGC 6822).	Caption	STScI-PRC01-01	46K	Hi-res

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Author/curator: Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II NSSDC, Mail Code 690.1 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 +1-301-286-1187 ed.bell@gsfc.nasa.gov

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