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Left: amateur image, right: Hubble image of Messier 45. The amateur image looks like a bright-blue star surrounded with glowing gas. The Hubble image shows the star 's light at the upper-right of the image. Bright knots of dust and gas appear to extend toward the stat.

Messier 45: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image

Two images of Messier 45 (M45). The left image was taken with a Celestron 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and a Canon EOS 600D 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 and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: George Herbig and Theodore Simon (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
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Image CreditAmateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: George Herbig and Theodore Simon (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
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