Tag Archives: Hubble Space Telescope

Happy 28th Birthday Hubble

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

Image credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Launched onboard STS-31 Discovery from KSC LC-39B on April 24, 1990; we are embarking on the legendary Hubble Space Telescope’s 28th birthday week. There may be other important telescopes throughout history but none have … Continue reading →

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NGC 5023; A Shower of Diamonds

Posted on April 14, 2018 by

Image credit & copyright: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This beautiful edge-on spiral galaxy may only be roughly half the size of our Milky Way but the resolution that Hubble delivers is just amazing. What’s great about this image is that … Continue reading →

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A City on the Edge

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

Image credit & copyright: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Hubble Heritage Team. At first glance you may think of this image as a digital rendering or perhaps a rip in spacetime; light from another universe flooding into the fold, … Continue reading →

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Messier 81 (M81) Bode’s Galaxy

Posted on October 14, 2017 by

Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, GALEX Space Telescope & Spitzer Space Telescope. CLICK image for larger view and look below for information and related links. This image of the brilliant spiral galaxy M81 comes from a collaboration … Continue reading →

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Globular Star Cluster NGC 1846

Posted on February 7, 2017 by

Image credit & copyright: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Globular star clusters are some of the most beautiful objects in the galaxy as well as some of the oldest objects in the galaxy. This cluster, NGC 1846 appears to be a … Continue reading →

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Hubble Finds Life and Death in the Universe

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Images like these are some of my favorite in all the night sky. Here we see the beautiful globular star cluster New General Catalog 1846 (NGC 1846) in the southern constellation Dorado, … Continue reading →

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A Diamond in a Sea of Gold

Posted on June 3, 2015 by

Images Credit & Copyright: IMAGE 1: European Southern Observatory (ESO) MPG/ESO 2.2 meter telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile. IMAGE 2: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Located a fairly close 13,000 light years away in the southern constellation Pavo, (The … Continue reading →

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