A SuperBIT optical and ultraviolet composite image of the 'Pillars of Creation' (IMAGE)

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A SuperBIT optical and ultraviolet composite image of the 'Pillars of Creation'

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A SuperBIT optical and ultraviolet composite image of the 'Pillars of Creation', trunks of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, 7,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation of Serpens.

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SuperBIT team, from Romualdez et al. (2018) SPIE 10702.

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