Messier 78: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image
Three images of Messier 78 (M78), a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. The left image was taken with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a 0.63x focal reducer and a DSLR Camera. The center image was taken with the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy), a 4-m class specialized wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere. The right image was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Image Credit: Amateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Center Image: ESO/VISTA (ground-based image); Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, J. Muzerolle (Space Telescope Science Institute) and S. Megeath (University of Toledo)
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Image CreditAmateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Center Image: ESO/VISTA (ground-based image); Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, J. Muzerolle (Space Telescope Science Institute) and S. Megeath (University of Toledo)
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