Messier's List: Hubble Telescope's Stunning Views of Deep-Sky Objects

[Judi Lynn]

By Christine Lunsford, Space.com Contributor | October 20, 2017 01:20pm ET

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The Dumbbell Nebula
Credit: NASA/ESA; Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped views of 93 deep-sky objects from French astronomer Charles Messier's famous list. Here are some of the most spectacular.

Messier 27, discovered by Messier himself, was the first found planetary nebula. Also known as the Dumbbell Nebula, this mass of gas is an aging star's farewell performance, a colorful display of its outer layers being cast off.

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[procon]

1. Fascinating photos. Makes it impossible to believe we are out here all alone.

One day someone will come calling, and if they aren't utterly appalled, maybe they'll find us to be charming idiots, sorta like a lowbrow destination theme park.

[Glorfindel]

2. They've been here for millennia, on quarantine patrol, monitoring the killer apes

and making sure they (we) don't escape into the rest of the galaxy. Can't blame them.

[longship]

3. They don't have one of the best, M1, the Crab Nebula.

It's WOW!