The Hubble Space Telescope Part 4

The Hubble Space Telescope Part 4 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.

Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze
N44C is the designation for a region of ionized hydrogen gas surrounding an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby, small companion galaxy to the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
Picture of: N44C is the designation for a region of ionized hydrogen gas surrounding an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby, small companion galaxy to the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
Photo by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team

NGC 3314 Galaxy
Through an extraordinary chance alignment, the Hubble telescope has captured a view of a face-on spiral galaxy lying precisely in front of another larger spiral. The unique pair is called NGC 3314.
Picture of: Through an extraordinary chance alignment, the Hubble telescope has captured a view of a face-on spiral galaxy lying precisely in front of another larger spiral. The unique pair is called NGC 3314.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

Swarm of Ancient Stars
This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093), one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy.
Picture of: This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093), one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Crater Copernicus on the Moon
A close-up view of Copernicus' terraced walls. Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across.
Picture of: A close-up view of Copernicus' terraced walls. Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Jupiters Auroras
The NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a complete view of Jupiter's northern and southern aurorae.
Picture of: The NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a complete view of Jupiter's northern and southern aurorae.
Photo by: John Clarke, NASA, ESA

The Ghost Head Nebula
The Ghost Head Nebula is one of a chain of star-forming regions lying south of the 30 Doradus nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Picture of: The Ghost Head Nebula is one of a chain of star-forming regions lying south of the 30 Doradus nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Photo by: ESA, NASA

Pillars of Creation
These eerie, dark pillar-like structures are actually columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that are also incubators for new stars.
Picture of: These eerie, dark pillar-like structures are actually columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that are also incubators for new stars.
Photo by: NASA/ESA Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen

Disk galaxy NGC 5866
This is a unique NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of the disk galaxy NGC 5866 tilted nearly edge-on to our line-of-sight.
Picture of: This is a unique NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of the disk galaxy NGC 5866 tilted nearly edge-on to our line-of-sight.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team

Hubble Looks Through Cosmic Zoom Lens
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has used a natural zoom lens in space to boost its view of the distant universe.
Picture of: The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has used a natural zoom lens in space to boost its view of the distant universe.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Evil Eye Galaxy
A collision of two galaxies has left a merged star system with an unusual appearance as well as bizarre internal motions. Messier 64 (M64) has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the Black Eye or Evil Eye galaxy.
Picture of: A collision of two galaxies has left a merged star system with an unusual appearance as well as bizarre internal motions. Messier 64 (M64) has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the Black Eye or Evil Eye galaxy.
Photo by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team

Galaxy NGC 2787
Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the otherwise nondescript galaxy, NGC 2787, in this image created by the Hubble Heritage team.
Picture of: Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the otherwise nondescript galaxy, NGC 2787, in this image created by the Hubble Heritage team.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

The Glowing Eye of NGC 6751
Glowing in the constellation Aquila, the nebula is a cloud of gas ejected several thousand years ago from the hot star visible in its center.
Picture of: Glowing in the constellation Aquila, the nebula is a cloud of gas ejected several thousand years ago from the hot star visible in its center.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

Ring Around NGC 4650A
Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring galaxies.
Picture of: Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring galaxies.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Io Transit of Jupiter
The three snapshots of the volcanic moon rounding Jupiter were taken over a 1.8-hour time span. Io is roughly the size of Earths moon but 2,000 times farther away.
Picture of: The three snapshots of the volcanic moon rounding Jupiter were taken over a 1.8-hour time span. Io is roughly the size of Earths moon but 2,000 times farther away.
Photo by: J. Spencer, NASA, ESA

Colliding Galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of image center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust.
Picture of: The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of image center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Brad Whitmore

The Heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been one of the most photogenic galaxies in amateur and professional astronomy. Easily photographed and viewed by smaller telescopes, this celestial beauty is studied extensively in a range of wavelengths by large ground- and space-based observatories.
Picture of: The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been one of the most photogenic galaxies in amateur and professional astronomy. Easily photographed and viewed by smaller telescopes, this celestial beauty is studied extensively in a range of wavelengths by large ground- and space-based observatories.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team

Maelstrom of Star Birth
This spectacular colour panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Picture of: This spectacular colour panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Nearby Dust Clouds
The yearly ritual of spring cleaning clears a house of dust as well as dust bunnies, those pesky dust balls that frolic under beds and behind furniture.
Picture of: The yearly ritual of spring cleaning clears a house of dust as well as dust bunnies, those pesky dust balls that frolic under beds and behind furniture.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Tadpole Galaxy A runaway galaxy
Against a stunning backdrop of thousands of galaxies, this odd-looking galaxy with the long streamer of stars appears to be racing through space, like a runaway pinwheel firework.
Picture of: Against a stunning backdrop of thousands of galaxies, this odd-looking galaxy with the long streamer of stars appears to be racing through space, like a runaway pinwheel firework.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Holland Ford

Firestorm of Star Birth
This festively colorful nebula, called NGC 604, is one of thelargest known seething cauldrons of star birth in a nearby galaxy.
Picture of: This festively colorful nebula, called NGC 604, is one of thelargest known seething cauldrons of star birth in a nearby galaxy.
Photo by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team

Galaxy Playing Twister
The Hubble telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies spawn the formation of new generations of stars.
Picture of: The Hubble telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies spawn the formation of new generations of stars.
Photo by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team

The Bubble Nebula
Astronomers, using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope in October and November 1997 and April 1999, imaged the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) with unprecedented clarity.
Picture of: Astronomers, using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope in October and November 1997 and April 1999, imaged the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) with unprecedented clarity.
Photo by: NASA, ESA,, Donald Walter

The Eskimo Nebula
In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a majestic view of a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star.
Picture of: In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a majestic view of a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope

Supersonic Exhaust From Nebula
M2-9 is a striking example of a butterfly or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the Twin Jet Nebula. If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it appears much like a pair of exhausts from jet engines.
Picture of: M2-9 is a striking example of a butterfly or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the Twin Jet Nebula. If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it appears much like a pair of exhausts from jet engines.
Photo by: NASA, ESA

Cosmic Magnifying Glass
Scanning the heavens for the first time since the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a giant, cosmic magnifying glass, a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218.
Picture of: Scanning the heavens for the first time since the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a giant, cosmic magnifying glass, a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218.
Photo by: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter



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