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Hubble Space Telescope
A space-based observatory launched in 1990 by NASA and ESA, providing high-resolution images of astronomical objects in visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared light.
Source: nasa.gov
APODs including "Hubble Space Telescope"
The Clouds of Neptune
07/05/1996
Planet Near a Galaxy Core
05/05/1996
Uranus' Ring System
30/04/1996
Saturn's Rings Seen Sideways
29/04/1996
A Giant Globular Cluster in M31
26/04/1996
In the Center of the Whirlpool
25/04/1996
Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images
24/04/1996
At the Edge of the Helix
22/04/1996
A Supernova in the Whirlpool
21/04/1996
NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
17/04/1996
Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
16/04/1996
The Compton Observatory Turns Five
13/04/1996
The Keyhole Nebula Near Eta Carinae
04/04/1996
Near the Nucleus of Hyakutake
28/03/1996
Hubble Telescope Maps Pluto
11/03/1996
Rampaging Fronts of the Veil Nebula
07/03/1996
A Black Hole in M87's Center?
05/03/1996
The Eye of an Hourglass Nebula
09/02/1996
Searchlight Beams from the Egg Nebula
29/01/1996
Orbiting Repairmen
28/01/1996
The Deep Field
24/01/1996
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
22/01/1996
The Dusty Disk of Beta Pic
19/01/1996
MyCn18: An Hourglass Nebula
18/01/1996
NGC 7027: A Dying Star's Nebula
17/01/1996
The Dawn of the Clusters
15/01/1996
A Distant Cluster of Galaxies
14/01/1996
Lasers in Eta Carinae
11/01/1996
M100 and the Expanding Universe
09/01/1996
Nova Cygni 1992
27/12/1995