Hubble Telescope Birthday 2004. Since the hubble telescope was first launched in 1990, it has made more than 1.4 million observations of various stars, planets and galaxies littering our universe. Get the best of smithsonian magazine by email.
It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, well known both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy.the hubble telescope is named after astronomer edwin hubble and. Were edwin hubble—the telescope’s namesake who helped prove the existence of galaxies beyond the milky way—still around today, he would have found that his november 20 birthday matched with a 2005 image of. The cat’s eye nebula (ngc 6543), as captured by the hubble space telescope in 2004.
The cat’s eye nebula (ngc 6543), as captured by the hubble space telescope in 2004.
The cat’s eye nebula (ngc 6543), as captured by the hubble space telescope in 2004. Get the best of smithsonian magazine by email. The website lets you punch in the month and day of your birth to find an image the telescope took on that day. The cat’s eye nebula (ngc 6543), as captured by the hubble space telescope in 2004.