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Hubble Heritage Project’s First Anniversary

Hubble Heritage Project's First Anniversary
To mark the first anniversary of the Hubble Heritage Project, we present four NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of nebulae surrounding stars in our own Milky Way galaxy. Two of these Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 images (Herbig Haro 32 and Hubble's Variable Nebula) show interstellar gas and dust around young stars at the beginning of their lives, and two more (NGC 2346 and NGC 2440) show gas ejected from old stars that are nearing the end of theirs. Remarkably, in spite of the completely different evolutionary stages, the nebulae have more striking features in common, including evidence of diametrically opposed gas ejections from both the young and old stars.

About the Data

  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>WFPC2
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    HH 32, Hubble's Variable Nebula, NGC 2346, NGC 2440
  • Release Date
    October 7, 1999
  • Science Release
    Hubble Heritage Project’s First Anniversary
  • Credit
    NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI).

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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