We present to you a selection of images taken with the Hubble Orbiting Telescope. It has been in orbit of our planet for over twenty years and continues to this day to reveal the secrets of space to us.
1. NGC 5194
Known as NGC 5194, this large galaxy with a well-developed spiral structure may have been the first discovered spiral nebula. It is clearly seen that its spiral arms and dust lanes pass in front of the companion galaxy - NGC 5195 (left). This pair is about 31 million light-years distant and officially belongs to the small constellation of the Hounds of the Dogs.
2. Spiral galaxy M33
Spiral galaxy M33 is a medium-sized galaxy in the Local Group. M33 is also called the Galaxy in the Triangle after the constellation in which it is located. About 4 times smaller (in radius) than our Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), M33 is much larger than many dwarf galaxies. Because M33 is close to M31, some think it is a companion to this more massive galaxy. M33 is not far from the Milky Way, its angular size is more than twice the size of the full moon, i.e. it is perfectly visible with good binoculars.
3. Stephen's Quintet
The group of galaxies is Stephen's quintet. However, only four galaxies from the group, located three hundred million light-years from us, participate in the cosmic dance, sometimes approaching, then moving away from each other. It is quite easy to find excess. The four interacting galaxies - NGC 7319, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, and NGC 7317 - are yellowish in color and have curved loops and tails shaped by destructive tidal gravitational forces. The bluish galaxy NGC 7320, pictured above on the left, is much closer to the rest, just 40 million light-years away.
4. Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest giant galaxy to our Milky Way. Most likely, our Galaxy looks about the same as the Andromeda galaxy. These two galaxies dominate the Local Group of Galaxies. The hundreds of billions of stars that make up the Andromeda galaxy collectively produce a visible diffuse glow. The individual stars in the image are actually stars in our Galaxy, located much closer to the distant object. The Andromeda Galaxy is often referred to as M31, as it is the 31st object in Charles Messier's catalog of diffuse celestial objects.
5. The Lagoon Nebula
The bright Lagoon Nebula is home to many different astronomical objects. Objects of particular interest include the bright open cluster and several active star-forming regions. When viewed visually, the light from the cluster is lost against the general red glow caused by the emission of hydrogen, while the dark filaments are due to the absorption of light by dense layers of dust.
6. Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)
The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the most famous planetary nebulae in the sky. Its memorable symmetrical shapes are visible in the center of this spectacular fake-color image, specially manipulated to reveal a huge but very faint halo of gaseous matter, about three light-years across, that surrounds a bright, familiar planetary nebula.
7. Small constellation Chameleon
The small constellation Chameleon is located near the South Pole of the World. The picture reveals the amazing features of the modest constellation, which contains many dusty nebulae and colorful stars. Blue reflection nebulae are scattered across the field.
8. The Sh2-136 Nebula
Cosmic dust clouds, faintly glowing with reflected starlight. Far from familiar places on planet Earth, they hide at the edge of the Halo Cephei molecular cloud complex, 1,200 light-years distant from us. Nebula Sh2-136, located near the center of the field, is brighter than other ghostly visions. It is over two light years across and is visible even in infrared light.
9. Horsehead Nebula
The dark dusty Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula contrast in the sky. They are located 1500 light-years away in the direction of the most recognizable celestial constellation. And in today's remarkable composite photograph, the nebulae occupy opposite angles. The familiar Horsehead Nebula is a small, dark cloud, shaped like a horse's head, against the background of glowing red gas in the lower left corner of the picture.
10. Crab Nebula
This confusion remained after the explosion of the star. The Crab Nebula is the result of a supernova explosion that was observed in 1054 AD. The supernova remnant is filled with mysterious filaments. The fibers aren't just complicated to look at; the Crab Nebula is ten light years across. At the very center of the nebula is a pulsar, a neutron star with a mass equal to that of the Sun, which fits into an area the size of a small town.
11. Mirage from a gravitational lens
It is a mirage from a gravitational lens. The bright red galaxy (LRG) pictured here has distorted light from a more distant blue galaxy with its gravity. Most often, such a distortion of light leads to the appearance of two images of a distant galaxy, however, in the case of a very accurate superposition of the galaxy and the gravitational lens, the images merge into a horseshoe - an almost closed ring. This effect was predicted by Albert Einstein 70 years ago.
12. Star V838 Mon
For reasons unknown, in January 2002, the outer shell of V838 Mon suddenly expanded, making it the brightest star in the entire Milky Way. Then she became weak again, just as suddenly. Astronomers have never seen such a starburst before.
13. Birth of planets
How are planets formed? To try and figure it out, the Hubble Space Telescope was tasked with gazing at one of the most interesting nebulae in the sky, the Great Orion Nebula. The Orion Nebula can be seen with the naked eye near the belt of the constellation Orion. The sidebars in this photo show numerous proplids, many of which are stellar nurseries that are likely to house emerging planetary systems.
14. Star Cluster R136
In the center of the star forming region 30 Dorado is a giant cluster of the largest, hottest, and most massive stars we know of. These stars form the R136 cluster, captured in this visible-light image from the upgraded Hubble Space Telescope.
15. NGC 253
Brilliant NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies that we see, and at the same time one of the most dusty. Some call it the "Silver Dollar Galaxy" because it is shaped appropriately in a small telescope. Others simply refer to it as “the galaxy in the Sculptor” because it lies within the southern constellation Sculptor. This dusty galaxy lies 10 million light-years away.
16. Galaxy M83
Galaxy M83 is one of the closest spiral galaxies to us. From a distance that separates us from it, equal to 15 million light years, it looks completely normal. However, if we take a closer look at the center of M83 with the largest telescopes, this area appears to be a turbulent and noisy place.
17. The Ring Nebula
It really looks like a ring in the sky. Therefore, hundreds of years ago, astronomers named this nebula according to its unusual shape. The Ring Nebula is also designated M57 and NGC 6720. The Ring Nebula belongs to the class of planetary nebulae, these are gas clouds that throw out stars similar to the Sun at the end of their lives. Its size exceeds the diameter. This is one of the earliest images of Hubble.
18. Pillar and jets in the Carina nebula
This cosmic column of gas and dust is two light years across. The structure is located in one of the largest star-forming regions of our Galaxy, the Carina Nebula, which is visible in the southern sky and is 7,500 light-years distant from us.
19. Center of the globular cluster Omega Centauri
In the center of the globular cluster Omega Centauri, stars are packed ten thousand times denser than stars in the vicinity of the Sun. The image shows many faint yellow-white stars smaller than our Sun, several orange red giants, as well as occasional blue stars. If suddenly two stars collide, then one more massive star may form, or they form a new binary system.
20. The giant cluster distorts and splits the image of the galaxy
Many of them are images of a single unusual, bead-like, blue ring-shaped galaxy, which by chance happened to be located behind a giant cluster of galaxies. According to the latest research, in total, at least 330 images of individual distant galaxies can be found in the picture. This stunning photograph of the CL0024 + 1654 galaxy cluster was taken by the Space Telescope. Hubble in November 2004.
21. Trifid Nebula
The beautiful multicolored Trifid Nebula lets you explore cosmic contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. The nebula is about 40 light years across.
22. Centaurus A
A fantastic heap of young blue star clusters, giant glowing gas clouds and dark dust streaks surround the central region of the active galaxy Centaurus A. Centaurus A is close to Earth, at a distance of 10 million light years
23. The Butterfly Nebula
Bright clusters and nebulae in planet Earth's night sky are often named after flowers or insects, and NGC 6302 is no exception. The central star of this planetary nebula is extremely hot: its surface temperature is about 250 thousand degrees Celsius.
25. Two colliding galaxies with merged spiral arms
This remarkable space portrait depicts two colliding galaxies with merged spiral arms. Above and to the left of the large spiral galaxy from NGC 6050, a third galaxy can be seen, which is also likely to be involved in the interaction. All of these galaxies are about 450 million light-years away in the Hercules cluster of galaxies. At this distance, the image spans over 150,000 light-years across. Although this view seems very unusual, scientists now know that collisions and subsequent mergers of galaxies are not uncommon.
26. Spiral Galaxy NGC 3521
Spiral galaxy NGC 3521 lies only 35 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Leo. The galaxy, spanning 50,000 light-years, has features such as irregular, torn spiral arms decorated with dust, pinkish star-forming regions, and clusters of young bluish stars.
27. Details of the jet structure
Although this unusual outburst was first noticed in the early twentieth century, its origin is still a matter of debate. The above picture, taken in 1998 by the Hubble Space Telescope, clearly shows the details of the jet's structure. The most popular hypothesis assumes that the source of the ejection was heated gas orbiting a massive black hole in the center of the galaxy.
28. Sombrero Galaxy
Galaxy M104 resembles a hat, which is why it was named the Sombrero Galaxy. The picture shows distinct dark dust streaks and a bright halo of stars and globular clusters. The reasons the Sombrero Galaxy looks like a hat are due to its unusually large central stellar bulge and dense dark dust streaks in the galaxy's disk, which we see almost edge-on.
29. M17: close-up view
Formed by stellar winds and radiation, these fantastic, wave-like formations are found in nebula M17 (the Omega Nebula) and enter the region of star formation. The Omega Nebula lies in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius and is 5500 light-years distant. Clumpy clumps of dense, cold gas and dust are illuminated by radiation from the stars in the upper right image, and in the future they may become places of star formation.
30. Nebula IRAS 05437 + 2502
What does the nebula IRAS 05437 + 2502 illuminate? There is no exact answer yet. Particularly mysterious is the bright upside-down V arc that traces the top edge of the mountain-like clouds of interstellar dust near the center of the picture. In general, this ghostlike nebula includes a small star-forming region filled with dark dust and was first seen in infrared images taken by the IRAS satellite in 1983. Shown here is a remarkable, recently released image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Although it shows many new details, it was not possible to establish the cause of the bright, clear arc.
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Mysterious nebulae, millions of light-years away, the birth of new stars and the collision of galaxies. A selection of the best photos from the Hubble Space Telescope.
In the Great Magellanic Cloud. It is one of the brightest star formations in this galaxy. The two components of the cluster are also extremely hot young stars. The cluster in the center is about 50 million years old, and the lower one is about 4 million years old:
It contains one of the hottest white dwarfs known and is likely a binary star system. The speed of internal winds emanating from the stars in the center of the system, according to measurements, exceeds 1,000 kilometers per second. The Red Spider Nebula is located in the constellation Sagittarius. The distance to it is not known exactly, but according to some estimates, it is about 4000 light years:
B in the constellation Dorado.
formation of a system of clouds of gas and dust:
New image from the Hubble telescope: star system formation:
A storm of turbulent gases in the Cygnus nebula, constellation Sagittarius... Among celestial objects, nebulae are the most diverse. Galaxies take spiral shapes, stars are spherical. And only the law is not written to nebulae. They come in any shape, and the variety of nebulae is endless. Nebulae are, in fact, accumulations of dust and gas in interstellar space. Their shape is influenced by supernova explosions, magnetic fields, stellar winds.
In a nearby galaxy:
Or NGC 2070. This is an emission nebula in the constellation Dorado. Belongs to a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way - the Large Magellanic Cloud:
In the constellation Canis Hounds, which is 37 million light years from Earth:
One of several "dust columns" nebula M16 Eagle, in which the image of a mythical creature can be guessed. It is approximately ten light years across:
New stars and gas clouds:
in the constellation Taurus, located about 6,500 light years from Earth, has a diameter of 6 light years and is expanding at a speed of 1,000 km / s. At the center of the nebula is a neutron star:
Or NGC 1976. It lies about 1,600 light years from Earth and is 33 light years across. It is one of the most famous objects in deep space. This is perhaps the most attractive winter object in the northern sky for astronomy lovers. With field glasses, the nebula is already clearly visible as a rather bright elongated cloud:
Largest star in orion nebula:
Spiral Galaxy NGC 5457 "Pinwheel". A large and very beautiful galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major:
An open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Toucan. It is located at a distance of about 200,000 light years from us and has a diameter of about 65 light years:
In the constellation Ursa Major. In the center of the galaxy is a supermassive black hole, around which two less massive black holes revolve, weighing 12 thousand and 200 suns. Now M 82 has become the most "fashionable" galaxy, since it first showed the existence of explosions on the scale of galaxies:
Many galaxies have barriers near their centers. Even our Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a small central bar. It takes light about 60 million years to cover the distance that separates us from NGC 1672. The size of this galaxy is about 75 thousand light years:
The birth of new stars in carina Nebula NGC 3372. Located at a distance of 6,500 to 10,000 light years from Earth:
In the constellation Cygnus is a huge and relatively faint supernova remnant. The star exploded about 5,000 to 8,000 years ago. The distance to it is estimated at 1400 light years:
The open cluster in the constellation Carina, about 20,000 light-years from the Sun. The center of the cluster contains thousands of stars, more massive than the Sun, emerged 1-2 million years ago in a single burst of star formation:
In the constellation Pisces:
Located at a distance of about 235 million light years (72 megaparsecs) from us in the constellation Perseus. Each cluster NGC 1275 contains from 100 thousand to 1 million stars:
Another photo galaxies NGC 1275:
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Images taken at ultra-long distances with the Hubble Space Telescope, which left Earth exactly 25 years ago. The term is not a joke. In the first photo, the Horsehead Nebula has been gracing astronomy books since it was discovered about a century ago. 
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is shown as it begins to hide behind a giant planet. Consisting of rocky rock and ice, the satellite is the largest in the solar system, even larger than the planet Mercury.
The butterfly-shaped and appropriately named Butterfly Nebula consists of hot gas with a temperature of about 20,000 ° C and moves through the universe at a speed of over 950,000 km per hour. From the Earth to the Moon with such a speed can be reached in 24 minutes.
The Cone Nebula is approximately 23 million high travels around the moon. The entire length of the nebula is about 7 light years. It is believed to be the incubator of new stars.
The Eagle Nebula is a mixture of cooled gas and dust from which stars are born. It is 9.5 light-years or 57 trillion miles high, twice as long as the distance from the Sun to its closest star.
The bright southern hemisphere of RS Poop is surrounded by a reflective cloud of dust counted like a lampshade. This star has a mass 10 times that of the Sun and 200 times its mass.
The pillars of creation are in the Eagle Nebula. They are composed of stellar gas and dust and are located 7,000 light-years from Earth.
This is the first time ever such a clear image has been taken from the wide-angle lens of the galaxy M82. This galaxy is notable for its bright blue disk, a network of scattered clouds and fiery jets of hydrogen emanating from its center.
Hubble captured a rare moment when two spiral galaxies were located on the same line: the first, a small one, rests against the center of a larger one.
The Crab Nebula is a supernova trail that was recorded by Chinese astronomers back in 1054. thus, this nebula is the first astronomical object associated with a historical supernova explosion.
This beauty is the spiral galaxy M83, located 15 million light years from the nearest constellation - Hydra.
Galaxy Sombrero: stars located on the surface of the "pancake" and accumulated in the center of the disk.
A pair of interacting galaxies called Antennas. As the two galaxies collide, new stars rush out - mostly in groups and star clusters.
The light echo of the star V838 Unicorn, a variable star in the constellation Unicorn, about 20,000 light years away. In 2002, she experienced an explosion, the cause of which is still unknown.
The massive star Eta Carinae, located in our native Milky Way. Many scientists believe that it will soon explode to turn into a supernova.
A giant star-giving nebula with massive star clusters.
The four moons of Saturn, taken by surprise as they run past their parent.
Two interacting galaxies: on the right is the large spiral NGC 5754, on the left is its younger friend.
The luminous remnants of a star that went out thousands of years ago.
The Butterfly Nebula: walls of compressed gas, taut threads, bubbling streams. Night, street, lantern.
Galaxy Black Eye. It is named so because of the black ring formed as a result of an ancient explosion with a seething inside.
Unusual planetary nebula NGC 6751. Glowing like an eye in the constellation Eagle, this nebula was formed several thousand years ago from a hot star (visible in the very center).
Boomerang Nebula. The light-reflecting cloud of dust and gas has two symmetrical "wings" radiating from the central star.
Spiral Galaxy "Whirlpool". Curly arcs in which newborn stars reside. In the center, where it is better, but more impressive - old stars.
Mars. 11 hours before the planet was at a record close distance from Earth (August 26, 2003).
Ant Nebula Dying Star Trails
A molecular cloud (or "star cradle"; astronomers are unrealized poets) called the Karin Nebula, located 7,500 light-years from Earth. Somewhere in the south of the constellation Karina
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1. Galactic fireworks.
2. Center of the lenticular galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128). This bright galaxy is not far from us by cosmic standards - "only" 12 million light years away.
3. Dwarf galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud. The diameter of this galaxy is almost 20 times smaller than the diameter of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
4. Planetary nebula NGC 6302 in the constellation Scorpio. This planetary nebula has two more beautiful names: the Beetle Nebula and the Butterfly Nebula. A planetary nebula is formed when a star similar to our sun dies and sheds its outer layer of gas.
5. Reflecting nebula NGC 1999 in the constellation Orion. This nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas that reflects starlight.
6. The glowing nebula of Orion. You can find this nebula in the sky just below Orion's belt. It is so bright that it is clearly visible even to the naked eye.
7. The Crab Nebula in the constellation Taurus. This nebula was formed by a supernova explosion.
8. The cone nebula NGC 2264 in the constellation Unicorn. This nebula is part of the nebula system surrounding the star cluster.
9. Planetary Nebula Cat's Eye in the constellation Draco. The complex structure of this nebula has posed many mysteries for scientists.
10. Spiral galaxy NGC 4911 in the constellation Coma Veronica. This constellation contains a large cluster of galaxies called the Coma Cluster. Most of the galaxies in this cluster are of the elliptical type.
11. Spiral galaxy NGC 3982 from the constellation Ursa Major. On April 13, 1998, a supernova exploded in this galaxy.
12. Spiral galaxy M74 from the constellation Pisces. It has been suggested that there is a black hole in this galaxy.
13. The Eagle Nebula M16 in the constellation Serpens. This is a fragment of a famous photograph taken with the Hubble Orbiting Telescope, called the Pillars of Creation.
14. Fantastic images of distant space.
15. A dying star.
16. Red giant B838. In 4-5 billion years, our Sun will also become a red giant, and in about 7 billion years, its expanding outer layer will reach the Earth's orbit.
17. Galaxy M64 in the constellation Coma Veronica. This galaxy was the result of the merger of two galaxies rotating in different directions. Therefore, the inner part of the M64 galaxy rotates in one direction, and its peripheral part in the other.
18. Mass birth of new stars.
19. Eagle Nebula M16. Located in the center of the nebula, this column of dust and gas is called the Fairy region. This pillar is approximately 9.5 light years long.
20. Stars in the Universe.
21. Nebula NGC 2074 in the constellation Dorado.
22. Triplet of galaxies Arp 274. This system includes two spiral galaxies and one of an irregular shape. The object is located in the constellation Virgo.
23. Sombrero Galaxy M104. In the 1990s, it was found that at the center of this galaxy is a huge black hole.