This image is a collaboration between Diego Gravinese and myself, where we attempt to get the "best possible" render of M16´s Pillars of Creation, by processing the canonical HST dataset from 2014 (30.5 hours of exposure), using more modern processing techniques. We strongly recommend exploring the full resolution version in the link bellow, for a proper appreciation.
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APOD.
Full resolution version.
We leave a
link to the NASA version for reference.