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Caldwell 103

This Hubble image, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, shows both the spindly, spidery filaments of gas that inspired the Tarantula Nebula’s name, as well as the intriguing structure of “bubbles” forming the so-called Honeycomb Nebula (lower left).

 

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgments: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

 

For Hubble's Caldwell catalog website and information on how to find these objects in the night sky, visit:

 

www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-caldwell-catalog

 

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Uploaded on December 13, 2019