Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 5: Another "grand design" spiral lies behind the Pinwheel Galaxy itself and is visible through its disk. Hubble's incredible resolution makes it possible to make out star forming regions in this distant galaxy.

Name: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: 23 million light years
Release date: 28 February 2006, 12:00
Credit: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 6: Two distant galaxies behind Messier 101 and a collection of individual foreground stars from one of its spiral arms.

Name: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: 23 million light years
Release date: 28 February 2006, 12:00
Credit: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (ground-based image): This two-colour image shows 3.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Pinwheel Galaxy. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images.

Name: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: 23 million light years
Release date: 28 February 2006, 12:00
Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (ground-based image): This two-colour image shows 3.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Pinwheel Galaxy. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images.

Name: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: 23 million light years
Release date: 28 February 2006, 12:00
Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

Magellanic gemstones in the southern sky: Hubble has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud - two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky. Two new composite images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show a myriad of stars in crystal clear detail. The brilliant open star clusters, NGC 265 and NGC 290, are located about 200,000 light-years away and are roughly 65 light-years across.

Name: NGC 265, NGC 290
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open
Category: Star Clusters
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) and Edward W. Olszewski (University of Arizona, USA)

Magellanic gemstone in the southern sky [NGC 265]: Hubble has captured the most detailed image to date of the open star cluster NGC 265 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The image taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show a myriad of stars in crystal clear detail. The brilliant open star cluster, NGC 265, is located about 200,000 light-years away and is roughly 65 light-years across.

Name: NGC 265
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open
Category: Star Clusters
Constellation: Tucana
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) and Edward W. Olszewski (University of Arizona, USA)

Magellanic gemstone in the southern sky [NGC 290]: Hubble has captured the most detailed image to date of the open star cluster NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The image taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show a myriad of stars in crystal clear detail. The brilliant open star cluster, NGC 290, is located about 200,000 light-years away and is roughly 65 light-years across.

Name: NGC 290
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open
Category: Star Clusters
Constellation: Tucana
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) and Edward W. Olszewski (University of Arizona, USA)

Small Magellanic Cloud (ground-based image): The two-colour image shows an overview of the full Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is slightly larger than 3.5›.

Name: NGC 292, Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Tucana
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin

Small Magellanic Cloud (ground-based image): The two-colour image shows an overview of the full Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is slightly larger than 3.5›.

Name: NGC 292, Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Tucana
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin

Small Magellanic Cloud (ground-based image): The two-colour image shows an overview of the full Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is slightly larger than 3.5›.

Name: NGC 292, Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Tucana
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin

Small Magellanic Cloud (ground-based image): The two-colour image shows an overview of the full Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is slightly larger than 3.5›.

Name: NGC 292, Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Tucana
Distance: 200000 light years
Release date: 18 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin

The magnificent starburst galaxy Messier 82: This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82. It is a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy.

Name: Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst
Category: AnniversaryGalaxies
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: 13 million light years
Release date: 24 April 2006, 15:00
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF).