NASA Will Show You the Stunning Space Photo the Hubble Took on Your Birthday

[Celerity]

The Hubble telescope has taken hundreds of images since it launched in 1990. NASA has built a tool that lets you see images taken on your birthday

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/hubble-on-your-birthday-nasa-photos



The Hubble Space Telescope may be one of the most famous objects humans have put in space. It has provided iconic images that have inspired thousands and left an indelible mark on the way we think about the universe. 2020 was the 30th anniversary of Hubble's arrival in orbit after launching on April 24, 1990.

NASA had planned on celebrating the milestone in several ways, but many of those events have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Agency nonetheless celebrated the landmark observatory online. Those online activities include a photo gallery, a tour of the telescope, e-books, and a site where you can enter a date and see an image Hubble took on your birthday. That last one might be the most fun thing the site has launched thus far. (We also collected some NASA staff members' favorite Hubble images.)



The Telescope is watching the cosmos night and day, every day of the year. That makes digging for your birthday picture a bit of a lottery with the chance that you'll find something iconic or revolutionary pop up, like the Monkey Head Nebula, the Eagle Nebula Pillars, or a glamour shot of Jupiter. (To be clear, the images are from your birth date and not necessarily the year you were born.)



It's not an overstatement when NASA writes that the telescope "has transformed our understanding of the universe." You can share your birthday image on social media and get a glimpse of what others have found by searching the hashtag #Hubble30 on Twitter and Instagram.

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here is a pic from taken on my 1 year birthday in 1997:



Beta Pictoris Disk

In 1984, Beta Pictoris was the very first star discovered to be surrounded by a bright disk of light-scattering dust and debris. Planets are thought to form in such disks, and astronomers have discovered two planets orbiting Beta Pictoris.

[onecaliberal]

1. This is very cool.

[tavernier]

2. Breathtaking!

Thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks!

[Deuxcents]

3. What a fantastic return for the investment

Hubble far exceeded its expectations and is still at it. Anyone see “Hubble” on iMax?

[sakabatou]

4. In 1995...

[Ohio Joe]

5. The one for my birthday