Star-forming clouds, planetary nebulae and supernova remnants, with the filters behind every colour.
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Carina Nebula
H II region
The Carina Nebula: Hubble’s emission-line panorama and Webb’s “Cosmic Cliffs” in infrared.
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Eagle Nebula
H II region
The Pillars of Creation in Hubble’s visible light and Webb’s near-infrared: the same pillars, two very different palettes.
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Orion Nebula
H II region
The Orion Nebula in Hubble’s sharpest mosaic: rose hydrogen glow, brown dust and thousands of young stars.
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Butterfly Nebula
Planetary nebula
A planetary nebula around a dying star. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Cassiopeia A
Supernova remnant
The expanding remains of a star that exploded about 340 years ago as seen from Earth. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Cat’s Eye Nebula
Planetary nebula
A planetary nebula with intricate shells of gas. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Crab Nebula
Supernova remnant
The remains of a star that exploded in 1054, with a pulsar at its centre. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Helix Nebula
Planetary nebula
One of the nearest planetary nebulae. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Horsehead Nebula
Dark nebula
A dark cloud of dust silhouetted against glowing gas in Orion. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Lagoon Nebula
H II region
A star-forming region in Sagittarius. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Ring Nebula
Planetary nebula
A planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Tarantula Nebula
H II region
A huge star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Colours belong to the images and models they were sampled from, not permanently to an object. Positions in the colour atlas are colours, not places in space.