Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Original Hubble Space Telescope photo
Hubble's photo of the pillars is composed of 32 different images from four CCD images in the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board Hubble.The photograph was made with light emitted by different elements in the cloud and appears as a different color in the composite image: green for hydrogen, red for singly ionized sulfur and blue for double-ionized oxygen atoms.
The "stair-shaped" missing part of the picture at the top right corner originates from the fact that the camera for the top-right quadrant has a magnified view; when its images are scaled down to match the other three cameras, there is necessarily a gap in the rest of that quadrant This effect is also present on other WFPC2 images, and can be displayed at any corner depending on how the image has been re-oriented for publication.
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was replaced by the Wide Field Camera 3, and the former was taken back to Earth where it is displayed in a museum. It was replaced in 2009 as part of a Space Shuttle mission (STS-125).
Footage copyright by Nasa
Original Hubble Space Telescope photo
Hubble's photo of the pillars is composed of 32 different images from four CCD images in the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board Hubble.The photograph was made with light emitted by different elements in the cloud and appears as a different color in the composite image: green for hydrogen, red for singly ionized sulfur and blue for double-ionized oxygen atoms.
The "stair-shaped" missing part of the picture at the top right corner originates from the fact that the camera for the top-right quadrant has a magnified view; when its images are scaled down to match the other three cameras, there is necessarily a gap in the rest of that quadrant This effect is also present on other WFPC2 images, and can be displayed at any corner depending on how the image has been re-oriented for publication.
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was replaced by the Wide Field Camera 3, and the former was taken back to Earth where it is displayed in a museum. It was replaced in 2009 as part of a Space Shuttle mission (STS-125).
Footage copyright by Nasa
