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Images of Spiral Galaxy M100 Before and After Hubble's First Servicing Mission

A majestic pinwheel formed by hundreds of billions of stars harbors rare pulsating stars that can yield clues to the size and age of the universe. The galaxy is so far away, Hubble sees it as it appeared at about the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth. (Image Released: January 1994)...

Date
Jan 1, 1995
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-1995-49-376-image
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A majestic pinwheel formed by hundreds of billions of stars harbors rare pulsating stars that can yield clues to the size and age of the universe. The galaxy is so far away, Hubble sees it as it appeared at about the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth. (Image Released: January 1994)

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NASA and STScI

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Object NameM100

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