Getting
the Picture from Hubble Space Telescope:
Is that what they really look like?
by
Zolt
Levay
, Imaging Resource Lead,
Hubble
Heritage
Team, Space Telescope Science Institute
Crab Nebula
|
Eagle
Nebula
|
[click
on pictures to see larger images]
The picture
on the left is the Crab Nebula, which is the debris left over
from a supernova explosion. The picture on the right is part
of the Eagle Nebula and shows pillars of dust and gas where
new stars are forming.
Do these
celestial objects look like these Hubble Space Telescope pictures?
That is, if you were in a space ship nearby looking out the
window, is this what you'd see?
Yes
and no
.
To really
answer this question requires a brief look at how images from
the Hubble Space Telescope are made.
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