I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky!!
What do you get when you combine X-ray, infrared, and optical data? These gorgeous views showcase star cluster NGC 346, spiral galaxies NGC 1672 and Messier 74, and the Pillars of Creation (Eagle Nebula) in ways we could never see with just our eyes. The composite images here combine data from Webb, Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer, ESA – European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton, and ESO Astronomy’s New Technology Telescope.
Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-Newton; IR: JWST: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, Spitzer: NASA/JPL/CalTech; Optical: Hubble: NASA/ESA/STScI, ESO; Image Processing: L. Frattare, J. Major, and K. Arcand
Check images of Hubble and James Webb Telescope here at Space Science
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Spiral galaxy NGC 1672
Spiral galaxy Messier 74
Star cluster NGC 346
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This HubbleClassic shows an area where stars are forming, not in our galaxy but in a nearby one known as the Small Magellanic Cloud. A brilliant star cluster called NGC 346 is swaddled in clouds of gas & dust from which the stars formed.
The Pillars of Creation (Eagle Nebula)
The pillars of creation are huge – they are 5 light years wide and 10 light years tall. The pillars of creation are enormous clouds of gas and dust 7000 light years away from Earth. They are located in the eagle nebula and new stars are constantly feeding off of these pillars.
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