Two images of M78 are seen. On the left, a ground-based view shows a starry region of space with orange-ish glowing regions of gas and dust. On the right, a "pulled out" inset image shows a close-up of the nebula, mostly blue in the upper left diagonal half, and mostly brown and yellow in the lower right diagonal.

M78 Inset

A box in the ground-based infrared image of M78 at left shows the location of Hubble’s close-up infrared view on the right.

Credits: ESO/VISTA (ground-based image)
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