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Here
is a selection of images officially released by
Hubble
European Space Agency
Information Centre (HEIC), some
of them
co-released by
OPO/STScI/NASA
or the
Hubble Heritage
Project. What these images have in common is that I collaborated
to their production with my image processing work. Indeed, in September 2005,
Lars Lindberg Christensen,
HEIC's head, asked me to join his team
and produce Hubble Space
Telescope images; since then, I'm proud to be part of ESA/Hubble office. |
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Exploding star in NGC 2397
31
March 2008
The latest
image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a sharp view
of the spiral galaxy NGC 2397. This image also shows a rare Hubble
view of the late stages of a supernova - SN 2006bc, discovered in
March 2006.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Hubble discovers 67
gravitationally lensed galaxies in the distant Universe
19
February 2008
Astronomers
using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have compiled a large
catalogue of gravitational lenses in the distant Universe. The
catalogue contains a staggering 67 new gravitationally lensed images
found around massive elliptical and lenticular-shaped galaxies. This
sample demonstrates the rich diversity of strong gravitational
lenses. If this sample is representative, there would be nearly half
a million similar gravitational lenses in total over the whole sky.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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The gargantuan
galaxy NGC 1132
5
February 2008
The NASA/ESA
Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC
1132 which is, most likely, a cosmic fossil – the aftermath of an
enormous multi-galactic pile-up, where the carnage of collision
after collision has built up a brilliant but fuzzy giant elliptical
galaxy far outshining typical galaxies.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Holiday Wishes from
the Hubble Space Telescope
29
November 2007
Hubble has sent
back an early Christmas card with this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space
Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 74. It is an
enchanting reminder of the impending season. Resembling glittering
baubles on a holiday wreath, bright knots of glowing gas light up
the spiral arms; regions of new star birth shining in pink.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Extreme star
cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image
2
October 2007
The NASA/ESA
Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 3603,
a giant nebula hosting one of the most prominent massive young
clusters in the Milky Way, thus supplying a prime template for star
formation studies.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Uncovering the Veil
Nebula
31
July 2007
The NASA/ESA
Hubble Space Telescope has photographed three magnificent sections
of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that
exploded some 5-10,000 years ago. The new Hubble images provide
beautiful views of the delicate, wispy structure resulting from this
cosmic explosion.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Hubble finds
multiple stellar “baby booms” in a globular cluster
2
May 2007
Analysis of
Hubble observations of the massive globular cluster NGC 2808
provides evidence that it has three generations of stars that formed
early in the cluster’s life. This is a major upset for conventional
theories as astronomers have long thought that globular star
clusters had a single “baby boom” of stars early in their lives and
then settled down into a long, quiet middle age.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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New stars
shed light on the past
8
January 2007
A new image
from the Hubble Space Telescope shows N90, one of the star-forming
regions in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The rich populations of
infant stars found here enable astronomers to examine star forming
processes in an environment that is very different from that in our
own Milky Way.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Star on a
Hubble diet
11
December 2006
High-resolution
observations from Hubble have shed light on the real mass of a star
previously believed to be amongst the heaviest known in our Milky
Way. Originally, the mass of the star was thought to be an
incredible 200-300 solar masses, but turned out to be only 100 solar
masses.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Flies in a
spider’s web: Galaxy caught in the making
12
October 2006
New
Hubble images have provided a dramatic glimpse of a large massive
galaxy under assembly as smaller galaxies merge. This has commonly
been thought to be the way galaxies grew in the young Universe, but
now Hubble observations of the radio galaxy MRC 1138-262, nicknamed
the “Spiderweb Galaxy”, have shown dozens of star-forming satellite
galaxies in the actual process of merging.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Large and
small stars in harmonious coexistence
14
August 2006
The
latest photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, presented at the 2006
General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague
this week, shows a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud
(LMC). This sharp image reveals a large number of low-mass infant
stars coexisting with young massive stars.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Hubble
captures a ‘five-star’ rated gravitational lens
23
May 2006
The
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever picture
of a distant quasar lensed into five images. In addition the image
holds a treasure of lensed galaxies and even a supernova.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Magellanic
gemstones in the southern sky
18
April 2006
Hubble
has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star
clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud - two
sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Largest ever
Hubble galaxy portrait —
stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy
28
February 2006
This new
Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best
known examples of “grand design spirals”, and its supergiant
star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the
largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever released
from Hubble.
Info, images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org. |
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Most detailed image
of the Crab Nebula
01
December 2005
A new Hubble
image - among the largest ever produced with the Earth-orbiting
observatory - gives the most detailed view so far of the entire Crab
Nebula. The Crab is arguably the single most interesting object, as
well as one of the most studied, in all of astronomy. The image is
the largest ever taken with Hubble’s WFPC2 workhorse camera.
Info,
images, wallpapers and videos at
spacetelescope.org.
For some strange
reasons, the
release of this
image led "TG5",
one of the most important italian newscast, to breafly interview me
about the Crab. The report was broadcasted on December 15, 2005.
Click here if you like
to have a look (in Italian language). |
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A nearly-complete list of
ESA/Hubble image projects I'm involved
in, should appear clicking the
following link: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/freesearch/%22de+martin%22/standard/1 |
