News Release Archive: Galaxy
News Release 45 of 213
April 25, 2005 12:01 AM (EDT)
News Release Number: STScI-2005-12
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
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Image: Location of HST images in the Eagle Nebula
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This wide-field image of the Eagle Nebula was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. It shows the areas seen in greater detail with Hubble's Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in 1995 and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in 2005.
Object Names: Eagle Nebula, M16, NGC 6611, IC 4703
Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration
Photo Credit: T.A.Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage, NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA/NSF) and B.A.Wolpa (NOAO/AURA/NSF)
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