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Giant Hubble Image Released For 17th Anniversary

Posted Apr 24, 2007 by James D. Collins

Updated Apr 25, 2007 at 08:50 PM


Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley),
and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A team of astronomers have released a 50-light-year-wide panorama of the central region of the Carina Nebula to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment.

This image was assembled from 48 frames taken with Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.

The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme

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