Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
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Hubble during Servicing Mission 4
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- Space
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COSTAR being removed in 2009
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- Telescope
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About The Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and processes the resulting data, while the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) controls the spacecraft.
About
Hubble's low orbit means many targets are visible for slightly more than half of an orbit's elapsed time, since they are blocked from view by the Earth for almost one-half of each orbit.
Earth from Space
This true-color video shows North and South America as they would appear from space 35,000 km (22,000 miles) above the Earth. The image is a combination of data from two satellites. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite collected the land surface data over 16 days, while NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) produced a snapshot of the Earth’s clouds. Image created by Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NASA GSFC.
Hubble Stargazing
(Hubble was launched in April 1990.) The
objects
that begin with “M” are from the Messier
catalog; the one that starts
with “C” is from the Caldwell catalog. All of them can be seen with a
large
backyard telescope under a dark sky.
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Download Resources
This page contains Hubble's 30th anniversary graphics and other downloadable resources for the Hubble Space Telescope. New items will be added as the anniversary progresses.
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Hubble Unveils an Exciting New Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most ambitious and
scientifically productive human enterprises ever conceived.
Hubble’s discoveries are revolutionizing nearly all aspects of astronomy, opening up a grand
vista on the universe that
for most of history humans could only probe with their imaginations. Paving the way for
future space-based telescopes,
Hubble links the intellectual curiosity of our species, isolated on a lone planet, to an
infinitely wondrous and
majestic universe.
Learn more about at:
- webb.nasa.gov
- nasa.gov/webb
- webbtelescope.org
- stsci.edu/jwst (for astronomers)
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
Star cluster Pismis 24 with nebula
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- Hubble
- 1990
How Do Stars Form in Nebulas?
Stars are born in clouds of gas and dust. One such stellar nursery is the Orion Nebula, an enormous cloud of gas and dust many light-years across. Turbulence from deep within these clouds creates high density regions called knots. These knots contain sufficient mass that the gas and dust can begin to collapse from gravitational attraction. As it collapses, pressure from gravity causes the material at the center to heat up, creating a protostar. One day, this core becomes hot enough to ignite fusion and a star is born.