History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
This image of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL-2688 and located roughly 3,000 light-years from us, was taken in red light with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WF/PC2) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
This illustration is a diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Wide Field Planetary Camera (WF/PC), one of the five Scientific Instruments. The WF/PC uses a four-sided pyramid mirror to split a light i... More
Glittering Metropolis. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, Hubble caught this glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars moving about in the globular cluster M13, one of the brightest and best-kno... More
NASA Around Marshall. NASA public domain image colelction.
Astronauts Kathy Thornton and Tom Akers practice installing the Wide Field Planetary camera into the Hubble Space Telescope at Marshall's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS).
NASA Around Marshall. NASA public domain image colelction.
Astronauts Kathy Thornton and Tom Akers practice installing the Wide Field Planetary camera into the Hubble Space Telescope at Marshall's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS).
Hubble Images of M100 Before and After Mirror Repair
This comparison image of the core of the galaxy M100 shows the dramatic improvement in Hubble Space Telescope's view of the universe after the first Hubble Servicing Mission in December 1993. The new image, tak... More
Schematic diagram of light path in Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
S93-33258 (15 Mar 1993) --- An optical schematic diagram of one of the four channels of the Wide Field\Planetary Camera-2 (WF\PC-2) shows the path taken by beams from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) before an ... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Astronaut Hoffman held the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field/Planetary Camera-1 (WF/PC1) that was replaced by WF/PC2 in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour during Extravehicular Activity ... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
A comparison image of the M100 Galactic Nucleus, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Planetary Camera-1 (WF/PC1) and Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 (WF/PC2). The HST was placed in a low-Earth or... More
STS061-37-036 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
STS061-37-034 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
Magnificant Details in a Dusty Spiral Galaxy
(June 3, 1999) In 1995, the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 4414 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. An international team of astronomers, led... More
STS061-37-031 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
STS061-37-035 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
STS061-37-029 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
STS061-37-030 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
STS061-37-032 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
Nursery of New Stars. NASA public domain image colelction.
(January 17, 1995) This is a Hubble Space Telescope image (right) of a vast nebula called NGC 604, which lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy M33, located 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Tria... More
STS061-37-033 - STS-061 - Musgrave and Hoffman stow WFPC I in the Ende...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-61 mission specialists F. Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman as they stow the Wide Field Planetary Camera I (WFPC I) in the Endeavour'... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
This deepest-ever view of the universe unveils myriad galaxies back to the begirning of time. Several hundred, never-before-seen, galaxies are visible in this view of the universe, called Hubble Deep Field (HDF... More
Stingray Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(March 1, 1996) 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 ... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Taken by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), this image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away, reveals its true shape to be an hour... More
The Twin Jet Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(August 2, 1997) M2-9 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the "Twin Jet Nebula." If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it a... More
N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
(September 24, 1997) 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 l... More
The Ring Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(October 1, 1998) The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest view yet of the most famous of all planetary nebulae, the Ring Nebula (M57). In this October 1998 image, the telescope has looked down... More
An Expanding Bubble in Space. NASA public domain image colelction.
(January 13, 2000) Astronomers, using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in October and November 1997 and April 1999, imaged the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) with unprecedented... More
A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies
(November 4, 1999) The larger and more massive galaxy is cataloged as NGC 2207 (on the left in the Hubble Heritage image), and the smaller one on the right is IC 2163. Strong tidal forces from NGC 2207 have dis... More
STS103-703-074 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud on the -V3 plane with the Wide Field Plane... More
STS103-305-026 - STS-103 - Various views of HST prior to grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken prior to grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery. Views include: -V3 plane on the aft section of the H... More
Supernova SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud
(February 4, 1999) Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy. Astronomer... More
STS103-703-046 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Wide Field Planetary Camera (WF/PC) and two of the Fi... More
STS103-703-077 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Bays 3 and 4 on the Support System Module (SSM( and t... More
Mars and Acidalia. NASA public domain image colelction.
Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the space- based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. The telescope... More
Mars and Tharsis. NASA public domain image colelction.
Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the space- based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. The telescope... More
STS103-703-034 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud area of the HST with the Wide Field Planet... More
STS103-305-004 - STS-103 - Various views of HST prior to grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken prior to grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery. Views include: -V3 plane on the aft section of the H... More
Life Cycle of Stars. NASA public domain image colelction.
(March 5, 1999) In this stunning picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC 3603, the crisp resolution of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures various stages of the life cycle of stars in one single view. To th... More
STS103-703-071 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud on the -V3 plane with the Wide Field Plane... More
STS103-703-073 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud on the -V3 plane with the Wide Field Plane... More
STS103-703-072 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud on the -V3 plane with the Wide Field Plane... More
An Ancient Storm in the Jovian Atmosphere
(August 5, 1999) When 17th-century astronomers first turned their telescopes to Jupiter, they noted a conspicuous reddish spot on the giant planet. This Great Red Spot is still present in Jupiter's atmosphere, ... More
The Reflection Nebula in Orion. NASA public domain image colelction.
(March 2, 2000) Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion. The Heri... More
STS103-305-025 - STS-103 - Various views of HST prior to grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken prior to grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery. Views include: -V3 plane on the aft section of the H... More
STS103-703-019 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud area of the HST with the Wide Field Planet... More
STS103-330-027 - STS-103 - Various views of the HST during approach
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken by the STS-103 crew during approach to the HST including: Photograph of the -V3 plane with the Wide Field... More
STS103-703-035 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud area of the HST with the Wide Field Planet... More
STS103-703-070 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud on the -V3 plane with the Wide Field Plane... More
Mars and Elysium. NASA public domain image colelction.
Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the space- based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. The telescope... More
Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula
(February 3, 2000) Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image of the "Keyhole Nebula," obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescop... More
STS103-734-005 - STS-103 - View of HST in payload bay prior to release
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the STS-103 orbiter Discovery's payload bay prior to its release back into orbit. Views include: Aft shroud... More
STS103-703-075 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Bays 1 and 2 on the Support System Module (SSM) and t... More
STS103-703-076 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Bays 2 and 3 on the Support System Module (SSM) and t... More
Ring Around a Galaxy. NASA public domain image colelction.
(May 6, 1999) Space Telescope Science Institute astronomers are giving the public chances to decide where to aim NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Guided by 8,000 Internet voters, Hubble has already been used to t... More
STS103-330-019 - STS-103 - Various views of the HST during approach
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken by the STS-103 crew during approach to the HST including: Photograph of the -V3 plane with the Wide Field... More
STS103-703-069 - STS-103 - View of the HST after grapple
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after grapple by the STS-103 orbiter Discovery including: Aft shroud on the -V3 plane with the Wide Field Plane... More
The Eagle Nebula - Public domain drawing
(March 31, 1995) These eerie, dark pillar-like structures are columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that are also incubators for new stars. The pillars protrude from the interior wall of a dark mol... More
Mars and Syrtis Major, NASA history collection
Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the space- based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. The telescope... More
The Glowing Eye of NGC 6751. NASA public domain image colelction.
(June 6, 2000) Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained images of the strikingly unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751. Glowing in the constellation Aquila like a giant eye, the nebula is a cl... More
Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula
(June 1, 2000) In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. Today, the Crab Nebula is visible at t... More
Stellar - Public domain drawing
(April 1, 1995) This eerie, dark structure, resembling an imaginary sea serpent's head, is a column of cool molecular hydrogen gas (two atoms of hydrogen in each molecule) and dust that is an incubator for new ... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, S109E5337 - STS-109 - #REF!
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Bays 2 and 3 and the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC) Bay on the -V3 plane of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) which is docked in the STS... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, S109E5338 - STS-109 - #REF!
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Bays 2 and 3 and the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC) Bay on the -V3 plane of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) which is docked in the STS... More
S125E006978 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during rendezvous...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken after grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays 2 and 3 in ... More
S125E007085 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) docked in the STS...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: -V3 of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), Fixed Head Star Trackers (FHST) 1, 2, and 3, and the Near Infrared Came... More
S125E006996 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and STS-125 Shutt...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) following it's grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays A throug... More
S125E006977 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during rendezvous...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken after grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays 2 and 3 in ... More
S125E006987 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and STS-125 Shutt...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) following it's grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing the Wide Fie... More
S125E006583 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) prior to grapple ...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken as the space shuttle Atlantis approaches in order to grapple the telescope. Photo was taken with an 80mm... More
S125E006958 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during rendezvous...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken after grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays 2 and 3 in... More
S125E007684 - STS-125 - View of the HST taken during Flight Day 5
The original finding aid described this as: Description: -V3 view of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), Fixed Head Star Trackers (FHST) 1, 2, and 3, and the Near Infrared C... More
S125E006957 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during rendezvous...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken after grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays 2 and 3 in... More
S125E006994 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and STS-125 Shutt...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: -V3 view of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) showing the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), Fixed Head Star Trackers (FHST) 1, 2, and 3, and the Nea... More
S125E006988 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and STS-125 Shutt...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) following it's grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays 1, 2, 3... More
S125E006582 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) prior to grapple ...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken as the space shuttle Atlantis approaches in order to grapple the telescope. Photo was taken with an 80mm... More
S125E006989 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and STS-125 Shutt...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) following it's grapple by the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)/Canadarm. -V3 view showing Bays A throu... More
S125E006995 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and STS-125 Shutt...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: -V3 view of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) showing the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), Fixed Head Star Trackers (FHST) 1, 2, and 3, and the Nea... More