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Hubble Space Telescope: 25 years on April 24, 2015 Dr. Carol Christian Space Telescope Science Institute

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Hubble Space Telescope: 25 years on April 24, 2015

Dr. Carol Christian Space Telescope Science Institute

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the universe from our backyards

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the universe from Hubble the UV ultra -deep field

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HST

unique Hubble

-exquisite imaging resolution

-ultraviolet

-near infrared

-no atmospheric blur

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images the solar system: Mars: weather

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Jupiter: redspot, aurora, moons

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Saturn: rings and aurora

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Neptune: weather

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Comet Ison C/2012 S1

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24th Anniversary! NGC 2174

part of “Monkey Head”

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complex star forming region Carina Nebula

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Orion Nebula

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30 Doradus

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NGC 602

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death of a star like the sunplanetary nebulaNGC 2818

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fate of sun: planetary nebulae

Egg

Red rectangle

Cat’s Eye

NGC 5315

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massive stars: supernova Crab Supernova

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spiral galaxies

NGC5584

2MASX J0048215-2507365

NGC5584 NGC 4911

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galaxy collisions interactions

NGC 2207 & IC 2163

Arp 194

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galaxy formation

Interacting Galaxies

formation, interactions

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Frontier Fields: MACSJ0416.1-2403J

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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)

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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

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public information

http://hubblesite.org