Enhancing a faint, transient event

The Pillars of Creation Then and Now

One of the most recognized and reproduced images from Hubble is the starforming nebula in M16, sometimes known as the "Pillars of Creation". This was first observed in 1995 with Hubble's primary camera at the time, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). There are many reasons for the popularity of this particular image. It...