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Original - NGC 6302 lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. Image taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) a new camera aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Reason
Amazing photograph from the upgraded Hubble Telescope.
Articles this image appears in
NGC 6302, RCW Catalogue
Creator
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
This is using the brand new camera in the hubble, images of this quality of that object could not even come close this before. It's difficult to say "not Hubble's best work" when objects are varining distances, futher away objects are of course going to be more grainy than closer objects like the Orion Nebula (1,344 ly). Look at how improved the resolution this camera can produce. Although I respect your opinion, I thought I should point out the irony of saying not the best, when this object is much smaller and further away then the Orion Nebula and is using the most modern technology possible for the shot. — raeky (talk | edits) 19:08, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NGC 6302 Hubble 2009.full.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 05:58, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]