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 .

Refurbished 5 times

public information

http://hubblesite.org