HUBBLE’S GREATEST IMAGES 1991 - 2020
SATURN
You could easily mistake this photograph for a close-up image of Saturn taken by a passing space probe. The horizontal bands, caused by strong winds in the planet’s dense atmosphere, are clearly visible.
LAGOON NEBULA
A particularly colourful emission nebula featured in the 2018 Hubble anniversary image in the form of the Lagoon Nebula – Messier 8 or NGC 6523 – a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.
RED SPIDER NEBULA
Here’s another planetary nebula, NGC 6537 in Sagittarius. It’s a double-lobed nebula, which despite its nickname – the Red Spider – looks more like a delicate butterfly than an arachnid in this beautiful image.
