Hubble Lives

Hubble post-refurbishment engineering and early science images were released on wednesday.
Go check them out.

Here is the press release and image link

sorry this is late, I'm on a field trip in the middle of somewhere...

Showcases Wide Field Camera 3 very nicely!

All the images are here - there are a LOT of images and spectra

Everything from Jupiter post-impact to distant Quasar spectra.

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