The Hubble Space Telescope Part 3

The Hubble Space Telescope Part 3 contains 25 of the top 100 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. Its position outside the Earth's atmosphere provides significant advantages over ground-based telescopes - images are not blurred by the atmosphere, there is no background from light scattered by the air, and the Hubble can observe ultra-violet light that is normally absorbed by the ozone layer in observations made from Earth.

The Boomerang Nebula
The Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far.
Picture of: The Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Dusty Spiral Galaxy
In 1995, the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 4414 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale.
Picture of: In 1995, the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 4414 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Colliding galaxies
This Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. As the two galaxies smash together, billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters of stars.
Picture of: This Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. As the two galaxies smash together, billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters of stars.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team

Beautiful Barred Spiral Galaxy
Barred spirals differ from normal spiral galaxies in that the arms of the galaxy do not spiral all the way into the center, but are connected to the two ends of a straight bar of stars containing the nucleus at its center.
Picture of: Barred spirals differ from normal spiral galaxies in that the arms of the galaxy do not spiral all the way into the center, but are connected to the two ends of a straight bar of stars containing the nucleus at its center.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

Hubble peers inside a celestial geode
Real geodes are handball-sized, hollow rocks that start out as bubbles in volcanic or sedimentary rock. Only when these inconspicuous round rocks are split in half by a geologist, do we get a chance to appreciate the inside of the rock cavity that is lined with crystals.
Picture of: Real geodes are handball-sized, hollow rocks that start out as bubbles in volcanic or sedimentary rock. Only when these inconspicuous round rocks are split in half by a geologist, do we get a chance to appreciate the inside of the rock cavity that is lined with crystals.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

The mysterious Garden-sprinkler nebula
There are many mysterious objects seen in the night sky which are not really well understood. For example, astronomers are puzzled by the jets emerging from planetary nebulae.
Picture of: There are many mysterious objects seen in the night sky which are not really well understood. For example, astronomers are puzzled by the jets emerging from planetary nebulae.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Hubble reveals previously unseen shocks
This new, detailed, Hubble image shows a planetary nebula in the making of a proto-planetary nebula. A dying star (hidden behind dust and gas in the centre of the nebula) has ejected massive amounts of gas.
Picture of: This new, detailed, Hubble image shows a planetary nebula in the making of a proto-planetary nebula. A dying star (hidden behind dust and gas in the centre of the nebula) has ejected massive amounts of gas.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Valentin Bujarrabal

NGC 2346 Nebula
NGC 2346 is remarkable because its central star is known to be actually a very close pair of stars, orbiting each other every 16 days.
Picture of: NGC 2346 is remarkable because its central star is known to be actually a very close pair of stars, orbiting each other every 16 days.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

Variable Stars in Distant Spiral Galaxy
A NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which a special class of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables have been found. It is associated with the Centaurus cluster, one of the most massive assemblages of galaxies in the nearby universe.
Picture of: A NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which a special class of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables have been found. It is associated with the Centaurus cluster, one of the most massive assemblages of galaxies in the nearby universe.
Photo by: Jeffrey Newman, NASA, ESA

Massive Starbirth in N81
A NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope family portrait of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200, 000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
Picture of: A NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope family portrait of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200, 000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Disk around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052
This NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, in visible light. Details as small as 50 light-years across can be seen.
Picture of: This NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, in visible light. Details as small as 50 light-years across can be seen.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope

Supernova 1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526
Supernova 1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526
Picture of: Supernova 1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Key Project Team

NGC 2440 Nebula
NGC 2440 is another planetary nebula ejected by a dying star, but it has a much more chaotic structure than NGC 2346. The central star of NGC2440 is one of the hottest known, with a surface temperature near 200,000 degrees Celsius.
Picture of: NGC 2440 is another planetary nebula ejected by a dying star, but it has a much more chaotic structure than NGC 2346. The central star of NGC2440 is one of the hottest known, with a surface temperature near 200,000 degrees Celsius.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Horsehead nebula
Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky.
Picture of: Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

IC 4406 Nebula
The Hubble telescope reveals a rainbow of colours in this dying star, called IC 4406. Like many other so-called planetary nebulae, IC 4406 exhibits a high degree of symmetry.
Picture of: The Hubble telescope reveals a rainbow of colours in this dying star, called IC 4406. Like many other so-called planetary nebulae, IC 4406 exhibits a high degree of symmetry.
Photo by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team

Supernova blast bonanza in nearby galaxy
In this new image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, The bubble structure is sculpted by the galactic super-winds and outflows caused by a colossal input of energy from collective supernova explosions that are linked with a massive episode of star birth.
Picture of: In this new image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, The bubble structure is sculpted by the galactic super-winds and outflows caused by a colossal input of energy from collective supernova explosions that are linked with a massive episode of star birth.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Peter Anders

Hubble sees galaxies galore
Galaxies, galaxies everywhere - as far as the NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos.
Picture of: Galaxies, galaxies everywhere - as far as the NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith

The magnificent starburst galaxy
This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82.
Picture of: This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82.
Photo by: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team

The Tarantula Nebula
In the most active starburst region in the local universe lies a cluster of brilliant, massive stars, known to astronomers as Hodge 301.
Picture of: In the most active starburst region in the local universe lies a cluster of brilliant, massive stars, known to astronomers as Hodge 301.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Thackeray's Globules
Strangely glowing dark clouds float serenely in this remarkable and beautiful image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Picture of: Strangely glowing dark clouds float serenely in this remarkable and beautiful image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Photo by: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team

Remarkable double cluster
Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our neighbouring dwarf galaxies, this young globular-like star cluster is surrounded by a pattern of filamentary nebulosity that is thought to have been created during supernova blasts.
Picture of: Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our neighbouring dwarf galaxies, this young globular-like star cluster is surrounded by a pattern of filamentary nebulosity that is thought to have been created during supernova blasts.
Photo by: ESA, NASA and Martino Romaniello

Saturn In Natural Colours
This picture, image processing specialists have worked to provide a crisp, extremely accurate view of Saturn, which highlights the planet's pastel colors.
Picture of: This picture, image processing specialists have worked to provide a crisp, extremely accurate view of Saturn, which highlights the planet's pastel colors.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

View of the Orion Nebula
This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula.
Picture of: This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto

Majestic Sombrero Galaxy
NASA,ESA Hubble Space Telescope has trained its razor-sharp eye on one of the universe's most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104).
Picture of: NASA,ESA Hubble Space Telescope has trained its razor-sharp eye on one of the universe's most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104).
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

The Heart of the Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula, cataloged by astronomers as Messier 20 or NGC 6514, is a well-known region of star formation lying within our own Milky Way Galaxy.
Picture of: The Trifid Nebula, cataloged by astronomers as Messier 20 or NGC 6514, is a well-known region of star formation lying within our own Milky Way Galaxy.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team



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