3D Flythrough of the Orion Nebula

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This scientific visualization takes the viewer across interstellar space and into a 3D model of the Orion Nebula. Seven individual shots of about ten seconds each are cross-faded together to form the sequence. After traversing among the stars, the camera descends through Orion’s veil of bluish gas, down the valley carved by winds and high energy radiation, and past the bright stars of the trapezium in the core of the nebula. The 3D model combines astronomical knowledge, scientific intuition, and artistic interpretation to create an awe-inspiring journey into the star forming cloud.

NASA, ESA, F. Summers, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and K. Litaker (STScI)
Acknowledgment: A. Mellinger, R. Gendler, and R. Andreo

Additional information about the Orion Nebula Hubble image is available on HubbleSite:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/01

Zoom into the Cat’s Eye Nebula

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Credit: ESA, NASA, HEIC, NOT, Digitized Sky Survey 2, G. Bacon and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and R. Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain)

Additional information is available on HubbleSite:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/27

Constructing the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram for Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri

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A real Hubble Space Telescope color image of the core of the globular star cluster Omega Centauri is used to construct a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of the stellar populations in the cluster. When stars are sorted by brightness and color, they can be used to create a graph that astronomers use to trace cluster evolution.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Anderson, R. van der Marel, G. Bacon, and M. Estacion (STScI)

Additional information is available on HubbleSite:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/28