Portal:Astronomy/Picture/Week 22 2008
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Central portion of the Tarantula Nebula:
"This mosaic of the Tarantula Nebula consists of images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and was created by 23 year old amateur astronomer Danny LaCrue. ... Additional image processing was done by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre."