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Make Your Own Eagle Nebula "Pillars of Creation"

With the release of version 2 of the FITS Liberator, it has become even easier to create stunning images. You can literally create colorful astronomical pictures like the iconic Hubble image "Eagle Nebula, Pillars of Creation," seen here, in a matter of minutes.The three-color da...

Date
Jan 1, 2005
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2005-23-1739-image
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With the release of version 2 of the FITS Liberator, it has become even easier to create stunning images. You can literally create colorful astronomical pictures like the iconic Hubble image "Eagle Nebula, Pillars of Creation," seen here, in a matter of minutes.

The three-color dataset used to create this image can be downloaded from: http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/eagledata.html

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NASA, ESA, Jeff Hester (ASU), P Scowen (ASU), Photoshop FITS Liberator Development Team (ESA, ESO, NASA)

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