There is a beautiful cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Serpens. One day this cloud could be the birthplace of a new star because of its dense core.
The object is similar to the image shared from the James Webb Space Telescope. The earliest phase of star formation, in which dust and gas come together to form a core, is shown in the Hubble image, while the next phase of development, in which the core is dense enough to attract more material via gravity, is shown in the Webb image.
It is not possible to see the core in the Hubble image as it is deep within the cloud, but you can see how dense the cloud is.
Hubble scientists said that the density of CB 130 3 isn't constant and that the outer edges of the cloud consist of only tenuous wisps. The apparent color of background stars is affected by the gas and dust that makes up CB 130-3, with stars towards the cloud's center appearing redder than their counterparts at the outskirts of the image. Astronomers used Hubble to measure the reddening effect and chart out the density of CB 130 3 in order to understand the inner structure of this stellar nursery.
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 is used to look at the visible light spectrum. Hubble can be used as a companion to Webb. Astronomers can see interior structures which are otherwise invisible by looking at objects in different wavelength.
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