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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