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Make Your Own Eagle Nebula “Pillars of Creation”

Make Your Own Eagle Nebula "Pillars of Creation"

With the release of version 2 of the FITS Liberator, it has become even easier to create stunning images. You can literally create colorful astronomical pictures like the iconic Hubble image "Eagle Nebula, Pillars of Creation," seen here, in a matter of minutes.

The three-color dataset used to create this image can be downloaded from: http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/eagledata.html

  • Release Date
    August 9, 2005
  • Science Release
    FITS for Fun – Create Spectacular Pictures in Minutes
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, Photoshop FITS Liberator Development Team, Jeff Hester (ASU), P Scowen (ASU)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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