Gem in the Sky
In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a majestic view of the Eskimo Nebula, a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF)