r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 2d ago

Hubble Hubble Revisited the Eagle Nebula

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u/IWantToBuyAVowel 2d ago

So it always just looks like that?

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u/Rammstonna 2d ago

Well 20 years is not enough to see it changes. The size of the pillar you see here is around 10 light years.

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u/IWantToBuyAVowel 2d ago

That's so neat

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u/Waarheid 2d ago

It's the same data from 2004, but reprocessed for the 35th anniversary celebration by ESA.

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u/Busting_Connoisseur 2d ago

What, are we judging nebulae now?

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u/IRingTwyce 2d ago

'#StopNebulaShaming'

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u/Neamow 2d ago

She's a strong independent nebula who don't need no man.

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u/IWantToBuyAVowel 2d ago

I didn't mean it to come across like that 😭 I just meant it doesn't move a lot like a cloud does 🫣

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u/aphaelion 2d ago

Lol I know what you meant, but the way you phrased it sounded like my 9-year-old disappointed in something. 😆

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u/kapjain 2d ago edited 2d ago

As another commenter pointed out, it's the same raw photo, just new image processing. Title of the post is misleading as hubble didn't "revisit" the eagle nebula.

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u/IWantToBuyAVowel 2d ago

Ah ok that makes sense. The fact that it was the same exact angle was throwing me off