Nebulae photo credits

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Orion Nebula

Photo by NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team · Public domain

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Eagle Nebula

Photo by ESO · CC BY 4.0

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Carina Nebula

Photo by Harel Boren · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Lagoon Nebula

Photo by ESO/VPHAS+ team · CC BY 4.0

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Trifid Nebula

Photo by RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA · CC BY 4.0

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Crab Nebula

Photo by NASA , ESA , J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) · Public domain

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Ring Nebula

Photo by ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow, N. Cox, R. Wesson · CC BY 4.0

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Helix Nebula

Photo by The HST data are from proposal 9700. Processed images may be obtained from the Helix MAST web site. The Hubble Helix Team includes M. Meixner, H.E. Bond, G. Chapman (STScI), Y.-H. Chu (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), P. Cox (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France), W. Crothers, L.M. Frattare, R.Gilliland (STScI), M. Guerrero R. Gruendl (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), F. Hamilton, (STScI), R.Hook (STScI/ESO), P. Huggins (New York Univ.), I. Jordan, C.D. Keyes, A. Koekemoer (STScI), K.Kwitter (Williams College), Z.G. Levay, P.R. McCullough, M. Mutchler, K. Noll (STScI), C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), N. Panagia, M. Reinhart, M. Robberto, K. Sahu, D. Soderblom, L. Stanghellini, C. Tyler, J. Valenti, A. Welty, R. Williams (STScI). The CTIO data were taken by C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) and L.M. Frattare (STScI). The science team includes C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), P.R. McCullough and M. Meixner (STScI). Credit : NASA, ESA, and C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) News Release Number : STScI-2004-32 · Public domain

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Dumbbell Nebula

Photo by Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) · CC BY 4.0

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Cat's Eye Nebula

Photo by ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Tsvetanov · CC BY 4.0

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Horsehead Nebula

Photo by ESO · CC BY 4.0

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Rosette Nebula

Photo by Siderevs nuncivs · CC BY-SA 4.0

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North America Nebula

Photo by gjdonatiello · CC0

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Tarantula Nebula

Photo by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team · Public domain

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Bubble Nebula

Photo by NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team · Public domain

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Veil Nebula

Photo by Ken Crawford · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Blue Ring Nebula

Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Seibert (Carnegie Institution for Science)/K. Hoadley (Caltech)/GALEX Team · Public domain

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Emission nebula

Photo by The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA) · Public domain

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Gum 41

Photo by ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowlegement: CASU · CC BY 4.0

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Integrated Flux Nebula

Photo by Chuck Ayoub · CC0

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NGC 6727

Photo by Donald Pelletier · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Peripheral nebular regions of the Orion Complex

Photo by Mouser · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Protoplanetary nebula

Photo by ESA/Hubble & NASA · Public domain

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Sh 2-87

Photo by Ngc1535 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Variable nebula

Photo by The original uploader was Clh288 at English Wikipedia . · Public domain

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Wolf–Rayet nebula

Photo by ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0

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