Nebulae

Omega Nebula/Swan Nebula/M17 (ACS Full Field Image)

April 30, 2002 · ESA/Hubble · Messier 17 , NGC 6618 , Swan Nebula · Sagittarius

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Peering into a celestial maternity ward called the Omega Nebula or M17, images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed a watercolor fantasy-world of glowing gases, where stars and perhaps embryonic planetary systems are forming.

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