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Cat’s Head Nebula (Hubble WFC3, Webb NIRCam, and Webb MIRI images)
The NASA/ESA Hubble and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescopes recently stared at an eerie star-forming scene within the Carina Nebula, a massive gas and dust cloud located approximately 7,500 light-years away from Earth. The two telescopes offer complementary views of the shadowy form, nicknamed the Cat’s Head Nebula, which reflects the “magical” process of star formation. Hubble’s visible-light view shows…
- Credit
- ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA
- Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NIRCam
- Seeing in
- near-infrared
- Release
- weic2622a
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 — credit required
- Published
- Source
- Webb release page
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Cat’s Head Nebula (Webb NIRCam image)
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