In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope launched to capture images of the great unknown. Thirty years later and the telescope is still in space taking incredible images while in orbit of the earth.
The Hubble Telescope faced issues in its early years, and it was expected that it would manage to continue taking images of space for 10 years. The system has now made it to 30 years of orbiting the Earth, and has proved to be one of the most successful satellites ever sent into space. To celebrate the achievement of the telescope, NASA has released 30 newly-created images, some of which show stunning images of the Caldwell catalogue.
Check out the video below that showcases and discusses the new images made by the Hubble Telescope:
The use of the Hubble Telescope has enabled the imaging of the majority of the Caldwell catalogue, which consists of 109-star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. In fact, 87 of the 109 Caldwell objects have been captured by the telescope. Some of the most striking images are those of a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Boötes.
