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Alternative 1: 2003 version
Alternative 2: 2004 version. Stitching errors fixed.
Reason
Oh no, not another nebula! I found this doing comparison surfing for the recent nomination, and noticed the picture in the Helix Nebula article was of low resolution. I discovered the hubblesite.org versions and extracted those two from the full resolution tiff files. Both versions are centered, cropped and downsampled to a manageable file size. No other edits were made. I'm indifferent between the two versions here, so I'm posting them both for your consideration. On the Nebula itself, hubblesite calls it "one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made". Both versions are composites of a nine-image Hubble panorama and ground-based images. The Helix Nebula is only 650 light years away, which accounts for the high level of detail. This is the visible light version of the nebula, the infrared version is currently up for FPC at Commons, but in my opinion this one is far superior. ~ trialsanderrors 20:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
Helix Nebula
Creator
Alternative 1: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO)
Alternative 2: NASA, ESA, and C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)
Nominator
trialsanderrors

Promoted Image:NGC7293 (2004).jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]