Nebula M1-67 around Star WR124
Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 reveals it is surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100,000 miles per hour. Also remarkable are vast arcs of glowing gas around the star,...
A Stretched Ring of Galactic Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared
In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light.
Split, Distorted Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared
The light from the single quasar PG115+080 is split and distorted in this infrared image.
NGC 6210
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6210.
Planetary Nebula NGC 6210
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6210.
Bright Clouds on Uranus
A recent Hubble Space Telescope view reveals Uranus surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites. This false-color image was generated by Erich Karkoschka using data taken on August 8, 1998, with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer. Hubble...
Neptune August 13, 1996
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Neptune August 13, 1996
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Neptune August 11, 1998
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Neptune August 11, 1998
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Hubble Deep Field Galaxy in Infrared Light
The underlying disk structure, containing older stars, is seen clearly in this infrared Deep Field image taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in January 1998.
Hubble Deep Field Galaxy in Visible Light
In the visible-light picture, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in 1995, the galaxy looks uncharacteristically lumpy. That's because only the bright blue knots of starbirth are detected by the WFPC2.
NICMOS Galaxy Candidate
Close-up view of candidate object which may be over 12 billion light-years away
NICMOS: MORE THAN 300 FAINT GALAXIES
[Left] A NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the faintest galaxies ever seen in the universe, taken in infrared light with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The picture contains over 300 galaxies having spiral, elliptical and irregular shapes. Though most of these...
NICMOS Image of Faint Galaxies
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the faintest galaxies ever seen in the universe, taken in infrared light with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS)
NICMOS Galaxy Candidate
Close-up view of NICMOS galaxy candidate object which may be over 12 billion light-years away
The Sagittarius Star Cloud: A Sky Full of Glittering Jewels
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given us a keyhole view towards the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy, where a dazzling array of stars reside. Most of the view of our galaxy is obscured by dust. Hubble peered into the Sagittarius Star Cloud, a narrow, dust-free region, providing this spectacular...
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an expanding shell of glowing gas surrounding a hot, massive star in our Milky Way Galaxy. This shell is being shaped by strong stellar winds of material and radiation produced by the bright star at the left, which is 10 to 20 times more massive...
Saturn in Natural Colors
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided images of Saturn in many colors, from black-and-white, to orange, to blue, green, and red. But in this picture, image processing specialists have worked to provide a crisp, extremely accurate view of Saturn, which highlights the planet's pastel colors....
Black Hole-Powered Spiral Galaxy NGC 7742
What may first appear as a sunny side up egg is actually NASA Hubble Space Telescope's face-on snapshot of the small spiral galaxy NGC 7742. But NGC 7742 is not a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy. In fact, this spiral is known to be a Seyfert 2 active galaxy, a type of galaxy that is probably...
HST002013+28366
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of HST002013+28366.
HST035528+09435
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of HST035528+09435.
A Collection of Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies (HST133617-00529)
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of HST133617-00529.
MS1054-0321
The image is a color composite taken by ground-based and X-ray observatories showing the entire galaxy cluster surrounded by background and foreground galaxies. The blue color in the center of the image represents the huge amount of hot gas that fills the space between the galaxies in the cluster.
Bright Knot of Light From Supernova in Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321
The bright knot of light from the supernova and the fainter glow from the parent galaxy are shown
Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321
The image shows the entire cluster of galaxies.
Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321
The image, taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, shows a clearer view of the galaxies in the heart of the cluster. The width of this massive cluster is a few million light-years.
Celestial Maternity Ward N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "family portrait" of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way....
Ground-based image of black hole in NGC 7052
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7052.
Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7052.
McDonald Observatory image of NGC 4314
The image, taken in February 1996 by the 30-inch telescope Prime Focus Camera at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, shows the entire galaxy, including the bar of stars bisecting the core and the outer spiral arms, which begin near the ends of this bar.
Close-Up View of Galaxy NGC 4314
This image, shows Hubble's close-up view of the galaxy's core, taken in December 1995 by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The bluish-purple clumps that form the ring are the clusters of infant stars. Two dark, wispy lanes of dust and a pair of blue spiral arms are just outside the...
Eighth Anniversary Image of Hubble's Smash Hits
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Eighth Anniversary Image of Hubble's Smash Hits.
Follow-Up Observations Show Potential Planet TMR-1C is Really a Star
This NASA Hubble Telescope near-infrared image of newborn binary stars (image center) reveals a long thin nebula pointing toward a faint companion object (bottom left) which could be the first extrasolar planet to be imaged directly. The brightest objects in the image are the binary protostars,...
An Infrared View of Saturn
In honor of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's eighth anniversary, we have gift wrapped Saturn in vivid colors. Actually, this image is courtesy of the new Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), which has taken its first peek at Saturn. The false-color image - taken Jan. 4,...
Host Galaxy of Gamma Ray Burst 971214
Image of the GRB 971214 field, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope about four months after the burst, well after the afterglow has faded away. The extremely faint and distant galaxy (marked with an arrow) is the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst. It was discovered earlier using the Keck...
Hot White Dwarf Shines in Young Star Cluster NGC 1818
A dazzling "jewel-box" collection of over 20,000 stars can be seen in crystal clarity in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The young (40 million year old) cluster, called NGC 1818, is 164,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic...
The Stingray Nebula: The Youngest Known Planetary Nebula (Hen-1357)
This Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 image captures the infancy of the Stingray nebula (Hen-1357), the youngest known planetary nebula. In this image, the bright central star is in the middle of the green ring of gas. Its companion star is diagonally above it at 10 o'clock. A spur of gas...
NICMOS Pa-alpha/continuum composite
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Centaurus A.
Nucleus of Galaxy Centaurus A
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Centaurus A.
Ground-Based Color Composite NOAO CTIO 4m 1975
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Centaurus A.
Nearby Galaxy Centaurus A
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Centaurus A.
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1808
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1808.
Ultraviolet Radiation From Hydrogen Atoms in Coma of Comet Hyakutake
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Hyakutake.
Sunlight Scattered By Dust in Coma of Comet Hyakutake
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Hyakutake.
The Inner Coma of Comet Hyakutake: Sunlight Scattered By Dust (left) and Ultraviolet Radiation From Hydrogen (right)
These are two images of the inner coma of Comet Hyakutake made on April 3 and 4, 1996, using the NASA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). The first one, shown in red, was taken through a narrow-band red filter that shows only sunlight scattered by dust particles...
NGC 1808
The Hubble telescope has captured a flurry of star birth near the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1808. This is a close-up view of the galaxy's center, the hotbed of vigorous star formation. The yellow color pinpoints older stars; the blue color reveals areas of star birth. NGC 1808 is...
The Center of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1808
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1808.
Planetary Nebula NGC 3918
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3918.
Planetary Nebula NGC 6818
NGC 6818 is in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of about 6000 light-years. It has a diameter of about 0.5 light-year. The Hubble telescope observation was taken March 10, 1997 by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. This is a composite of images taken in 3 filters: Halpha is red,...
Silkworm Nebula (IRAS 17441-2411)
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Silkworm Nebula, IRAS 17441-2411.
Cotton Candy Nebula (IRAS17150-3224)
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Cotton Candy Nebula, IRAS17150-3224.
Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 in Infrared and Visible Light
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7027.
Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 in Infrared Light
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7027.
Asteroid Trail Crosses Galaxy NGC 4548
This is a broken asteroid trail crossing the outer regions of galaxy NGC 4548 in Coma Berenices. Five trail segments (shown in white) were extracted from individual exposures and added to a cleaned color image of the galaxy. The asteroid enters the image at top center and moves down toward the...
Asteroid in Hubble Data
This asteroid in the constellation Taurus has a visual magnitude of 23, and is one of the faintest seen so far in the Hubble archive. It moves from upper right to lower left in two consecutive exposures; the first trail is shown in blue and the second in red. Because of the asteroid's...
Asteroid in Hubble Data
Here is an asteroid with a visual magnitude of 21.8 passing a galaxy in the constellation Leo. The trail is seen in two consecutive exposures, the first shown in blue and the second in red. This asteroid has a diameter of half a mile (0.8 kilometers), and was located 188 million miles from...
Asteroid in Hubble Data
Hubble captured a bright asteroid, with a visual magnitude of 18.7, roaming in the constellation Centaurus. Background stars are shown in white, while the asteroid trail is depicted in blue at top center. The trail has a length of 19 arc seconds. This asteroid has a diameter of one and...
Three Rings of Gas Surround Supernova 1987A
This Hubble Space Telescope image, taken in February 1994 with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, shows the full system of three rings of glowing gas surrounding supernova 1987A. Located in a small galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, the supernova is a massive star that exploded in...
Knot in Ring of Supernova 1987A Grows Brighter
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A.
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