# Hubble reveals the Ring Nebula’s true shape

- By: NASA, ESA, C.R. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University), G.J. Ferland (University of Kentucky), W.J. Henney and M.…
- Date: 2013-05-23
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: HubbleSite Release Image: STScI-2013-13 - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_reveals_the_Ring_Nebula%E2%80%99s_true_shape.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/0/0d/Hubble_reveals_the_Ring_Nebula%E2%80%99s_true_shape.jpg/1920px-Hubble_reveals_the_Ring_Nebula%E2%80%99s_true_shape.jpg
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In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic view of the well-known Ring Nebula.