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Creating a Hubble Galaxy in Two Minutes

Hubble images are made, not born. Images must be woven together from the incoming data from the cameras, cleaned up and given colors that bring out features that eyes would otherwise miss. In this video a galaxy images by the Hubble Space Telescope comes together on the screen at super-fast speed.

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February 17, 2011
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Video Production: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage team, Tiffany Borders and Christine Klicka Godfrey (STScI/AURA); Image Processing: Lisa Frattare (STScI); Special Thanks: Adam Riess (STScI); Music: Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian

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Aug 17, 2025

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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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