#hubble space telescope

[theofficialastronomy101]

Welcome to the rocky surface of PLUTO

[silvereyedowl]

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Bright Stars, Dim Galaxy - October 14th, 1996.

"These two clusters of bright, newly formed stars surrounded by a glowing nebula lie 10 million light years away in the dim, irregular galaxy cataloged as NGC 2366. The Hubble Space Telescope image shows that the youngest cluster, the bottom one at about 2 million years old, is still surrounded by the gas and dust cloud it condensed from, while powerful stellar winds from the stars in the older cluster at the top (4-5 million years old), have begun to clear away its central areas, giving the entire nebula an apparent hook shape. Compared to the Sun, the stars in these clusters are massive and short lived. The brightest one, near the tip of the hook, is a rare luminous blue variable with 30 to 60 times the mass of the Sun - similar to the erruptive Eta Carina variable in our own Milky Way. Stars this massive are extremely variable. A comparison with ground-based images indicates that in three years this star's brightness increased by about 40 times, making it the brightest star in this dim galaxy. Studies of such distant and diverse galaxies yield clues to the relationships of star formation and galactic evolution."

[spacewonder19]

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from ESA/Hubble

[tenkuu-otoshi]

Aurora Borealis on Saturn captured by the Hubble Space Telescope

[archivedotorgfan]

this view of nearly 10,000 galaxies was the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, it shows a deep core sample of the universe. the total amount of exposure time was 11.3 days, taken between sept. 24, 2003 and jan. 16, 2004.

[goldenyew]

Aurora on Saturn's south pole.

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[anchored-by-gravity]

The Butterfly Nebula (HST)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Aurora Borealis on Saturn captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. 🪐

[spaceraceart]

i've been doing an astronomy internship this summer, and we recently talked about the space telescopes! wanted to personify some of them hehe.

James Webb (they/them): Their shiny poncho thing is inspired by the solar shield. They have a rivalry with Hubble, believing him to be obsolete. However, they secretly are worried they won't be able to live up to his legacy.

Hubble (he/him): His glasses represent the COSTAR instrument that was installed on Hubble to correct it's blurry images. He finds James Webb's attempt at a rivalry amusing, and just wants to become friends with the younger fella and help them out.

Nancy Grace Roman (she/her): A telescope not yet launched, she's an old NRO telescope, and is having trouble adjusting from a life of espionage to one of science.

[spacetelescopescience]

This Hubble image showcases the “Molten Ring” galaxy. These golden strands of cosmic taffy are the result of gravitational lensing, where the light of a background galaxy is distorted by the gravity of an intervening galaxy cluster: https://bit.ly/3yKXojR

[theofficialastronomy101]

NGC 6543 Widefield (HAO3LRGB) Cats Eye!

[deltawebsistem]

The "Sombrero Galaxy" as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The "Sombrero Galaxy" as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.

[spacewonder19]

At 70 million light-years away, Galaxy NGC 2146

[tenkuu-otoshi]

Beautifully Real Image of Saturn, in infrared.

[krakenmare]

Hubble: Supernova 1987A, the closest exploding star to Earth to be detected since 1604 (September 2, 2010)

[blasteffect]

NGC 4731 !

A member of the Virgo cluster.

The spiral arms of NGC 4731 stretch out far beyond the confines of this close-up. These elongated arms are thought to result from gravitational interactions with other, nearby galaxies in the Virgo cluster.

ESA - European Space Agency / Hubble Space Telescope & NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration D. Thilker