Hubble's Incredible Images

Today let's focus on galaxies. Here are some of my favorites: (Note: I'm not attempting to explain what Hubble "sees." I'm simply broadcasting the images. There are better places--including the Hubble site--to access the scientific information).

Source: Hubblesite.org
Credit: Walter Jaffe/Leiden Observatory, Holland Ford/JHU/STScI, andNASA


Source: Hubblesite.org
Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona)



Source: Hubblesite.org
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Merten (Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg/Astronomical Observatory of Bologna), and D. Coe (STScI)



Source: Hubblesite.org
Credit: NASA, ESA, SAO, CXC, JPL-Caltech, and STScI

There are many more (access them here)

And for a good explanation of how those Hubble images come about, here's a video.