Hubble Space Telescope: 25 years on April 24, 2015
Dr. Carol Christian Space Telescope Science Institute
the universe from our backyards
the universe from Hubble the UV ultra -deep field
HST
unique Hubble
-exquisite imaging resolution
-ultraviolet
-near infrared
-no atmospheric blur
images the solar system: Mars: weather
Jupiter: redspot, aurora, moons
Saturn: rings and aurora
Neptune: weather
Comet Ison C/2012 S1
24th Anniversary! NGC 2174
part of “Monkey Head”
complex star forming region Carina Nebula
Orion Nebula
30 Doradus
NGC 602
death of a star like the sunplanetary nebulaNGC 2818
fate of sun: planetary nebulae
Egg
Red rectangle
Cat’s Eye
NGC 5315
massive stars: supernova Crab Supernova
spiral galaxies
NGC5584
2MASX J0048215-2507365
NGC5584 NGC 4911
galaxy collisions interactions
NGC 2207 & IC 2163
Arp 194
galaxy formation
Interacting Galaxies
formation, interactions
Frontier Fields: MACSJ0416.1-2403J
NSSDC ID 1990-037B Type of orbit Near-circular low Earth orbit Orbit height 559 km (347 mi) Orbit period 96–97 minutes Orbit velocity 7,500 m/s (25,000 3/s) (16,800 mi/hr)
Hubble Space Telescope
Launch date 24 April 1990Launch vehicle Space Shuttle Discovery, (STS-31) Mass 24,500 lb Diameter 7 . 10 inLength 43 .