Caldwell 39: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image
Caldwell 39 (C39) is a planetary nebula with a dying star at its heart located 5,000 light-years away in the constellation of Gemini. The left image was taken with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a 0.63x focal reducer and a DSLR Camera. The right image was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Image Credit: Amateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA, Andrew Fruchter, and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI)]
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Image CreditAmateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA, Andrew Fruchter, and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI)]
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