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Flight to Star Cluster Westerlund 2

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This visualization provides a three-dimensional perspective on Hubble’s 25th anniversary image of the nebula Gum 29 with the star cluster Westerlund 2 at its core. The flight traverses the foreground stars and approaches the lower left rim of the nebula Gum 29. Passing through the wispy darker clouds on the near side, the journey reveals bright gas illuminated by the intense radiation of the newly formed stars of cluster Westerlund 2. Within the nebula, several pillars of dark, dense gas are being shaped by the energetic light and strong stellar winds from the brilliant cluster of thousands of stars. Note that the visualization is intended to be a scientifically reasonable interpretation and that distances within the model are significantly compressed.

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (Viz3D Team, STScI), and J. Anderson (STScI)

Acknowledgment: The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), the Westerlund 2 Science Team, and ESO

GoPro: Enchanting Scuba Dive with 1 Million Fish

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William Mitchell takes an enchanting dive into an infinite sea of Silversides in Grand Cayman.

Shot 100% on the HERO3+® camera from ‪http://GoPro.com.

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Music
William Ryan Fritch “You Remain”
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Zoom into M16

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Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), the Digitized Sky Survey ((DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO), T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA/NSF) and B.A. Wolpa (NOAO/AURA/NSF), and A. Fujii

Additional information is available on HubbleSite:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/01