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The Hubble Space Telescope · 1990 → today
Every Hubble image, back where it came from.
Each glowing mark is a real Hubble image, pinned to the exact patch of sky it shows. Zoom in far enough and the picture appears in place — at its true size and orientation.
Hubble Atlas shows all 9,493 images and videos released by the Hubble Space Telescope since its launch on April 24, 1990, from NASA (science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble) and ESA/Hubble (esahubble.org). Images with published sky coordinates are placed on an interactive 3D celestial sphere at their real right ascension and declination, drawn at their true angular size and orientation. The archive updates automatically as NASA and ESA publish new pictures.
An independent, non-commercial portal for exploring everything the Hubble Space Telescope has released. It keeps itself current: every 15 minutes it checks science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble and esahubble.org for new images, videos, sonifications, collections and news.
How the sky works
Images that include sky coordinates are placed at their real right ascension and declination. Where the field of view and orientation are published, the picture is drawn at its true angular size and rotated so north matches the sky. Solar System objects move, so they are arranged along the ecliptic for browsing — their positions there are illustrative.
Credits
Images and descriptions: NASA, ESA, STScI and the science teams credited on each image. ESA/Hubble images are licensed CC BY 4.0. Star positions, Milky Way outline and constellation lines: d3-celestial (BSD-3), from the Hipparcos catalogue. Deep zoom by OpenSeadragon; 3D by three.js.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA, ESA or STScI. Built by MixinVisuals.
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