The Hubble Space Telescope: the most amazing astronomical observatory embarks on its 25th year of operation.

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

2. the universe from our backyards

3. the universe from Hubble
the UV ultra -deep field

4. HST
unique Hubble
-exquisite
imaging
resolution
-ultraviolet
-near infrared
-no atmospheric
blur

5. images the solar system:
Mars: weather

6. Jupiter: redspot, aurora, moons

7. Saturn: rings and aurora

8. Neptune: weather

9. Comet Ison C/2012 S1

10. 24th Anniversary!
NGC 2174
part of “Monkey Head”

11. complex star forming region Carina Nebula

12. Orion Nebula

13. 30 Doradus

14. NGC 602

15. death of a star like the sun
planetary nebula
NGC 2818

16. fate of sun: planetary nebulae
Egg
Red rectangle
Cat’s Eye
NGC 5315

17. massive stars: supernova Crab Supernova

18. spiral galaxies
NGC5584
2MASX J0048215-2507365
NGC5584 NGC 4911

19. galaxy collisionsinteractions
NGC 2207 & IC 2163
Arp 194

20. galaxy formation
Interacting Galaxies
formation, interactions

21. Frontier Fields: MACSJ0416.1-2403
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22. 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)

23. Hubble Space Telescope
Launch date 24 April 1990
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle Discovery, (STS-31)
Mass 24,500 lb
Diameter 7 . 10 in
Length 43 .
Refurbished 5 times

24. public information
http://hubblesite.org