Nebulae, galaxies and black holes

45 telescope pictures from Webb, Hubble, ESO and NOIRLab, each hung in TAKIP’s 3D universe where its object really is, as large as it is on the sky. Pick one to see how far it is, or fly there.

In the Milky Way

Pillars of CreationStar-forming columns in the Eagle Nebula · 5,700 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI).
Orion NebulaNearest large star-forming region, M42 · 1,344 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO/G. Beccari
Crab NebulaSupernova remnant, M1 · 6,500 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA , ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin ( ESA / Hubble )
PleiadesOpen star cluster, M45 · 444 light-years 3D
Picture: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), R. Cool (University of Arizona) and WIYN
Cosmic CliffsEdge of NGC 3324 in Carina · 7,600 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
Horsehead NebulaDark nebula, Barnard 33 · 1,375 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO
Carina NebulaStar-forming region, NGC 3372 · 7,500 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO. Acknowledgement: VPHAS+ Consortium/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Sagittarius A*, imagedEvent Horizon Telescope, 2022 · 26,670 light-years 3D
Picture: EHT Collaboration
Eagle NebulaStar cluster and nebula, M16 · 5,700 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO
Helix NebulaPlanetary nebula, NGC 7293 · 655 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Ring NebulaPlanetary nebula, M57 · 2,570 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University).
Cassiopeia ASupernova remnant · 11,000 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (UGent), J. DePasquale (STScI)
Omega CentauriGlobular cluster · 17,000 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO
Lagoon NebulaStar-forming region, M8 · 4,300 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO/VPHAS+ team
Southern Ring NebulaPlanetary nebula, NGC 3132 · 2,500 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and the Webb ERO Production Team
Eta CarinaeMassive star and the Homunculus Nebula · 7,500 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of Arizona, Tucson), and J. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute, New York)
Trifid NebulaEmission and reflection nebula, M20 · 4,100 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO
Cat's Eye NebulaPlanetary nebula, NGC 6543 · 3,300 light-years 3D
Picture: ESA , NASA , HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
Westerlund 2Young star cluster in Carina · 20,000 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team The original observations of Westerlund 2 were obtained by the science team: Antonella Nota (ESA/STScI), Elena Sabbi (STScI), Eva Grebel and Peter Zeidler (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg), Monica Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna), Alceste Bonanos (National Observatory of Athens, Astronomical Institute), Carol Christian (STScI/AURA) and Selma de Mink (University of Amsterdam). Follow-up observations were made by the Hubble Heritage team: Zoltan Levay (STScI), Max Mutchler, Jennifer Mack, Lisa Frattare, Shelly Meyett, Mario Livio, Carol Christian (STScI/AURA), and Keith Noll (NASA/GSFC).
Bubble NebulaEmission nebula, NGC 7635 · 7,100 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team
Rho OphiuchiNearest star-forming cloud · 390 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI)
Butterfly NebulaPlanetary nebula, NGC 6302 · 3,400 light-years 3D
Picture: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
Veil NebulaSupernova remnant, the Witch's Broom · 2,400 light-years 3D
Picture: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and WIYN/NOIRLab/ NSF /AURA
47 TucanaeGlobular cluster · 14,700 light-years 3D
Picture: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

Our neighbour galaxies

Far beyond

The large-scale universe

Past the galaxies we have pictures of, the space view draws the structure they are part of from survey data: superclusters and the basins their galaxies flow in, clusters and walls, the voids between them, and the microwave background at the edge.

Superclusters and their basins

Voids

The edge of what can be seen

Cosmic microwave backgroundThe edge of the observable universe · 45.3 billion light-years 3D