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M100 and Hubble’s Repair

When Hubble was first placed in space, a issue with it’s mirrors blurred the telescopes images. A space walk to fix the issue was a huge success, and a crystal clear image of M100 Galaxy sprung into life.

Fast forward over 25 years later, and an upgrade carried out in 2009 to add the Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, took a further leap in quality.

M100 is 55 Million light years away and part of the Virgo super cluster of galaxies (which our Milky Way is also a member) with the massive M87 elliptical galaxy making up one of the main galaxies in that group (of recent Black Hole image fame !).

Source : https://astronomynow.com/2020/06/15/hubbles-before-and-more-recent-after-image-of-m100/

NGC 1300, Barred Spiral Galaxy

Atmospheric Ring of Venus via NASA https://ift.tt/3cFpGLO

Time may pass.. https://ift.tt/37CztkZ

M104, Sombrero Galaxy

NGC 6543, Cat’s Eye

NGC 6543, Cat’s Eye

Scattered Galaxy

Did you know that the Museum has the largest collection of fossil horse skeletons in the world? 🐎 In the early 1900s, exhibits showed a classic, linear progression of evolution. Today, the display also offers a more current view of evolution with a complex, branching history. Cladistics, the grouping of organisms by shared, specialized characteristics, shows that some later horses, such as Calippus, are actually smaller than earlier ones. It also shows that other later horses, such as Neohipparion, still had three toes. All modern horses have one toe. Photo: D. Finnin/© AMNH (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAiUtolA44j/?igshid=1gpy8gvfei635