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Magnificent Details in a Dus …
Title Magnificent Details in a Dusty Spiral Galaxy
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. The Key Project team used this Hubble telescope view of the magnificent spiral galaxy, NGC 4414, to help calculate the expansion rate of the universe. Based on their discovery and careful brightness measurements of variable stars in this galaxy, the Key Project astronomers were able to make an accurate determination of the distance to the galaxy. The resulting distance to NGC 4414, about 60 million light-years, along with similarly determined distances to other nearby galaxies, contributes to astronomers' overall knowledge of the expansion rate of the cosmos, and helps them determine the age of the universe.
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
A Minuet of Galaxies
Title A Minuet of Galaxies
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. This troupe of four galaxies, known as Hickson Compact Group 87 (HCG 87), is performing an intricate dance orchestrated by the mutual gravitational forces acting between them. The dance is a slow, graceful minuet, occurring over a time span of hundreds of millions of years. This Hubble telescope image reveals complex details in the dust lanes of the group's largest galaxy member (HCG 87a), which is actually disk-shaped, but tilted so that we see it nearly edge-on. Both 87a and its elliptically shaped nearest neighbor (87b) have active galactic nuclei, which are believed to harbor black holes that are consuming gas. A third group member, the nearby spiral galaxy 87c, may be undergoing a burst of active star formation. The three galaxies are so close to each other that gravitational forces disrupt their structure and alter their evolution.
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Takes a Close-up View …
Title Hubble Takes a Close-up View of a Reflection Nebula in Orion
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Scientists Track "Perfect St …
Title Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ]
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble …
Title Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniv …
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble …
Title Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!
A Close-Up of the Lagoon's H …
Title A Close-Up of the Lagoon's Hourglass
Explanation In the central part of the Lagoon Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960807.html ] lies the above pictured Hourglass Nebula [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/more/m008_det.html ]. In this region of recent star formation, obscuring dark lanes of dust [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-article_query?bibcode=1979AJ%2E%2E%2E%2E%2E84%2E1328T&page=1&plate_select=NO&type=GIF ] permeate the red-glowing hydrogen gas. Blocking some of the gas cloud from our view, they chance to create a glowing shape that appears from our vantage point like an hourglass [ http://www.skab.se/~riccard/BIGhourglass.html ]. In the upper right of this picture [ http://scivax.stsci.edu/~hamilton/nuggets/HST_NUGGETS.HTML ] from the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/HSToverview.html ] is a bright young blue star from the open cluster NGC 6530 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960127.html ] - visible below center in yesterday's APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960820.html ]. A recent study of the Lagoon Nebula [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-article_query?bibcode=1990ApJ%2E%2E%2E357%2E%2E502M&page=1&plate_select=NO&type=GIF ] (M [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html#messier ]8), has shown that this emission nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/emission.html ] houses large magnetic fields [ http://polaris.phys.ualberta.ca/users/greeniaus/Phys238B1/MagneticField/MagneticFieldTopic1.html ] and unusually large dust particles [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html#dust ].
A Close-Up of the Lagoon Neb …
Title A Close-Up of the Lagoon Nebula
Explanation Ribbons of red-glowing gas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html#hydrogen ] and dark dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html#dust ] surround massive young stars in this close-up of the Lagoon Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960127.html ] taken by the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950810.html ]. The Lagoon Nebula [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/n6523x.html ] is relatively close and bright - it appears larger than the Full Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960730.html ] and is visible even without a telescope [ http://aci.mta.ca/TheUmbrella/Physics/Astronomy/Telescope.html ]. Light takes about 5000 years to reach here from there. The Lagoon Nebula [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/m/m008.html ] houses the open star cluster [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/open_clusters.html ] M [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html#messier ]8. This photograph [ http://scivax.stsci.edu/~hamilton/nuggets/HST_NUGGETS.HTML ] is combination of exposures taken in the red, green and ultraviolet. The unusual bright central part of the Lagoon Nebula [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-article_query?bibcode=1990ApJ%2E%2E%2E357%2E%2E502M&page=1&plate_select=NO&type=GIF ] (lower left in this image) is known as the Hourglass Nebula.
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