Compass Image for M100

Spiral Galaxy M100

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of NASA's first astronaut mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit, a comparison photo is being released today showing one of Hubble's first targets after its 1993 optical repair. [RIGHT] - This photogenic celestial object,...

M100 WFPC1, WFPC2, WFC3

Hubble's Improving Vision Since the First Servicing Mission 25 Years Ago The celebration of the 25th anniversary of NASA's first astronaut mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit marks a pivotal moment for the telescope and for astronomy. The mission restored the...

M100 WFPC1

This is an image of spiral galaxy M100 taken in 1993 with Hubble's Wide Field/Planetary Camera 1, which was part of an original suite of instruments launched aboard Hubble in 1990. Because of a manufacturing flaw in the primary mirror, which created an optical effect called...

M100 WFC3

This photogenic celestial object, the magnificent spiral galaxy M100, is seen here as observed with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. Hubble's newest camera, it was installed during the last space shuttle servicing mission to Hubble in May 2009, and the M100 photo was taken a few...

M100 core WFPC1

This image of spiral galaxy M100 was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field/Planetary Camera 1 in 1993. The photo is blurry due to a manufacturing flaw in Hubble's primary mirror, which created an optical effect called spherical aberration. Celestial images could not...

M100 core WFPC2

Spiral galaxy M100 was re-photographed with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2, which was installed during the December 1993 space shuttle servicing mission (SM1, STS-61). The replacement camera contained corrective optics to compensate for the space...

M100 core WFC3

This image of spiral galaxy M100 was taken with the Wide Field Camera 3, a new instrument that was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope by astronauts during the space shuttle servicing mission 4 in May 2009.

Galaxy M100 Comparison of Hubble WFPC1 to WFC3

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA's first astronaut mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, this video compares the blurry, pre-servicing image taken with Hubble's Wide Field/Planetary Camera 1 in 1993, to an image taken in 2009 with Hubble's newer, Wide Field...