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Hubble celebrates 15th anniversary with spectacular new images

25 April 2005

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This image of the spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194)was taken in January 2005 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

The galaxy is nicknamed the Whirlpool because of its swirling structure, and is located 31 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

The small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the Whirlpool's arms is called NGC 5195.

Credits: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The Eagle Nebula

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This image of the Eagle Nebula, M16, was taken in November 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

It shows a billowing tower of cold gas and dust, 9.5 light-years high, rising from a stellar nursery. Stars in the Eagle Nebula are born in these clouds of cold hydrogen gas, and the tower may be a giant 'incubator''for those newborn stars.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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