A diagonal cliff of yellows and brown dust and gas in front of a more etherial cloud of blue and green gas.

M17 – The Omega Nebula of the Swann Nebula

This Hubble image captures a small region within M17. This hotbed of star formation is colored according to the chemical elements present. Red represents sulfur, green indicates hydrogen and blue represents oxygen.

Image Credit: ESA, NASA and J. Hester (Arizona State University)

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M17 – The Omega Nebula of the Swann Nebula

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