The 15th anniversary, in 2005, was celebrated with a collection of images ofM51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy), and also with a section of theEagle Nebula.[2] The 15th anniversary included a collection of other content including, in multiple languages, the video release,Hubble — 15 Years of Discovery.[3]
15th anniversary image - 2005 – M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, including NGC 5194 and NGC 5195.[2]
The 17th-anniversary celebration featured a panorama of part of theCarina Nebula, and a collection of images selected from that area.[5]
In its 17 years of exploring the heavens, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made nearly 800,000 observations and snapped nearly 500,000 images of more than 25,000 celestial objects. Hubble does not travel to stars, planets and galaxies. It takes pictures of them as it whirls around Earth at 17,500 miles an hour. In its 17-year lifetime, the telescope has made nearly 100,000 trips around our planet.
In April 2019, a special celebration image of theSouthern Crab Nebula (aka Hen 2-104) was released.[16] This nebula is located in the Constellation Centaurus.[16]
30th anniversary image - April 2020 – The portrait features the giant nebulaNGC 2014 and its neighbourNGC 2020 which together form part of a vast star-forming region in theLarge Magellanic Cloud.[18]
32nd anniversary image - April 2022 – The Image shows an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies, called theHickson Compact Group 40. Three spiral-shaped galaxies, an elliptical galaxy, and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy, these different galaxies crossed paths in their evolution to create an exceptionally crowded and eclectic galaxy sampler.[20]
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