NASA Hubble Space Telescope Still in Safe Mode After Capturing a Halo Hugging A Mourning Nebula

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) found several error codes after recently placing the Hubble Space Telescope into safe mode. Regardless of the optical instrument's situation, HST discovered a colorful halo ring hugging a planetary nebula after losing a star.

In the image above, blue symbolizes oxygen (O III), green represents hydrogen (H-alpha), orange represents nitrogen (N II), and red represents sulfur (S II).

Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 got the image, which revealed the nebula's characteristic stair shape. One of the camera's four detectors amplified the picture, which was then reduced down in the final image to match the other three, resulting in the distinctive form. For further details on the picture shape of the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, check out this link.

Check out more news and information on Space in Science Times.