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Zoom to NGC 1277

Zoom to NGC 1277


Mar 12, 2018

This video zooms into the relic galaxy NGC 1277 near the center of the Perseus cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 240 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is unique in that it is considered a relic of what ... more
NGC 1277 Globular Clusters Comparison

NGC 1277 Globular Clusters Comparison


Mar 12, 2018

This is a blink comparison that plots the location of the red stars and blue stars that dominate the globular clusters in galaxies NGC 1277 and NGC 1278.
Hubble Watches Neptune’s Dark Storm Die

Hubble Watches Neptune’s Dark Storm Die


Feb 15, 2018

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured time-lapse images of a large, dark storm on Neptune shrinking out of existence.
Hubble Observes Atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone

Hubble Observes Atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone


Feb 5, 2018

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have conducted the first spectroscopic survey of Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system’s habitable zone. Hubble reveals that at least the inner five planets do not seem ... more
Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula (Short Version)

Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula (Short Version)


Jan 11, 2018

This visualization is an excerpt from a longer sequence that explores the Orion Nebula using both visible and infrared light. Two correlated computer models were created based on visible-light observations from the ... more
Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula

Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula


Jan 11, 2018

This visualization explores the Orion Nebula using both visible and infrared light. The sequence begins with a wide-field view of the sky showing the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, then zooms down to the scale of the ... more
Visible Visualization of the Orion Nebula

Visible Visualization of the Orion Nebula


Jan 11, 2018

This visualization explores the Orion Nebula as seen in visible-light observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. This movie is designed to be compared and contrasted against the companion movie using infrared-light ... more
Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula

Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula


Jan 11, 2018

This visualization explores the Orion Nebula as seen in infrared-light observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope. This movie is designed to be compared and contrasted against the companion movie using visible-light ... more
Stellar Greetings from Globular Cluster M79

Stellar Greetings from Globular Cluster M79


Dec 12, 2017

This video starts with a wide-field view of the sky covering the constellations of Orion, the hunter, and Lepus, the hare. The view zooms down to the relatively tiny field of the Hubble image of globular star cluster ... more
M79 Snow Globe Holiday Greeting

M79 Snow Globe Holiday Greeting


Dec 12, 2017

This special holiday snow globe greeting is a visualization of a rotating star cluster that provides three-dimensional perspective of globular cluster Messier 79 (M79).