Nebulas, or clouds of interstellar gas and dust, form following massive stellar explosions in turn, this interstellar material gives life to new stars. The Prawn Nebula, formally known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located 6,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Scorpius (opens in new tab). The Hubble Space Telescope (opens in new tab) has captured a stunning view of the Prawn Nebula floating through deep space. Tan (Chalmers University of Technology) Processing Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)) Prawn nebula Related: This galaxy pic from Hubble shows how astronauts fixed its vision (opens in new tab) Prev of 60 Next Prev of 60 Next "Even accounting for the aberration in Hubble's mirror, the space telescope's image (right) offers more clarity than what was generally possible with ground-based observations," NASA said in a statement (opens in new tab). It was also intended to help with focusing the telescope. The image, taken using Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera and released May 20, 1990, demonstrate Hubble's improved visibility compared with observatories on Earth, where the atmosphere (opens in new tab) can obstruct the view.
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On the left is an image of the same patch of the sky taken by a ground-based telescope. On the right is the first image Hubble ever took, which focused on the 8.2-magnitude star HD96755 in the star cluster NGC 3532. Persson/Las Campanas Observatory/Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Right: NASA/ESA/STScI) First Lightīefore Hubble could start capturing incredible pictures of the universe, the telescope's first order of business was to test out its instruments and make sure everything was in working order.
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