On October 1, 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) celebrated its 64th anniversary. In line with that, NASA has re-introduced a special page released on the official Twitter for the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (in 2020).
* NASA was established on July 29th as a US government agency, and officially started on October 1st.
External site:Hubble Birthday（https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/hst_bday/）
This special page allows you to find out what celestial body the Hubble Space Telescope shot on that day when you specify your birthday, and not only the image but also the name of the celestial body and a brief explanation are displayed.
You say it’s your birthday? It’s our birthday, too, yeah!
NASA was founded Oct. 1, 1958. On Oct. 1, 2001, @NASAHubble took this picture of a galaxy 50 million light-years away.
Check out what the space telescope saw on YOUR birthday: https://t.co/oHvXXpIzjg pic.twitter.com/58KjYSNxVO
— NASA (@NASA) October 1, 2022
[▲TheHubbleSpaceTelescopephotographedthenon-barredspiralgalaxy”NGC3949″onNASA’sfoundinganniversary”October1″(Credit:NASA/ESAandTheHubbleHeritageTeam(STScI/AURA))]
The editorial department also tried it immediately.
Usage is very easy, just access the special site and select your birthday from “Select Your Birthday Date”. You don’t need to do anything troublesome such as registration.
After selecting, just press the red button “SUBMIT” to see the celestial image of the day.
When I entered October 12th as a test,orion nebulawas displayed. This image is from the Hubble Space Telescope.Advanced camera for comet hunting observation (ACS)” and “ at the La Siya ObservatoryMPG/ESO 2.2m TelescopeIt is a combination of data from ”, and it is a very attractive piece.
You can also share the displayed content on SNS, and you can download high-resolution images from the NASA detail page that opens by pressing “More info” in the explanation frame.
note that,365 imagesis prepared andOne image set for each birthdayIt has been. Also, the special page “What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?By downloading the list (xlsx file) published on “, you can check all date information at once.
Check out what celestial bodies were photographed on your birthday!
Source
- Image Credit: NASA, Twitter
- NASA – Hubble Birthday
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