Playgrounds of Light

Hubble’s Top Images 

(Pictured First to Last in Sequence) 

Star birth in the extreme—NASA / ESA / N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)

Stellar nursery in the arms of NGC 1672—NASA / ESA

ACS Image of NGC 5866—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)

36 The magnificent starburst galaxy Messier 82—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA). Acknowledgment—J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin) / M. Mountain (STScI) / P. Puxley (NSF)

Largest ever galaxy portrait—stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy—ESA /NASA. Acknowledgements—Project Investigators for the original Hubble data—K.D. Kuntz (GSFC) / F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii) / J. Trauger (JPL) / J. Mould (NOAO) / Y.H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana). Image processing—Davide De Martin (ESA / Hubble). CFHT image—Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope / J.C. Cuillandre / Coelum. NOAO image—George Jacoby / Bruce Bohannan / Mark Hanna / NOAO / AURA / NSF / NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Hubble image of Messier 77—NASA / ESA / A. van der Hoeven

Spectacular Hubble view of Centaurus A—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA)—ESA / Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgment—R. O’Connell (University of Virginia) /WFC3 Scientific Oversight Committee

Abell 2218—NASA / ESA / Johan Richard (Caltech, USA). Acknowledgement—Davide de Martin / James Long (ESA / Hubble)

Hubble image of NGC 7714—ESA / NASA. Acknowledgement— A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)

58 Spiral galaxy M81—NASA / ESA / A. Zezas (CfA) / A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley). Acknowledgment—Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA) / O. Fox (University of California, Berkeley)

Hubble image of variable star RS Puppis—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)—Hubble / Europe Collaboration. Acknowledgment—H. Bond (STScI, Penn State University)

WFC3 visible image of the Carina Nebula—NASA / ESA / Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Abell 1703—NASA / ESA / Johan Richard (Caltech, USA). Acknowledgement—Davide de Martin, James Long (ESA / Hubble)

The beautiful side of IC 335—ESA / Hubble / NASA

The whirling disc of NGC 4526—ESA / Hubble / NASA. Acknowledgement—Judy Schmidt

Hubble view of star-forming region S106—NASA / ESA