Journey through the heavens with 30 amazing stargazer pictures

The Hubble Space Telescope is easily the most famous of NASA's Great Observatories program. Though the telescope had a troubled start, a much-publicized repair mission corrected its vision problems and paved the way for it to produce some of the most stunning images ever recorded. A large number of images have been assembled at the Hubble Heritage Image Gallery for viewing, and Ars has selected thirty of the nicest for presentation below.

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Galaxy M-106

This image, which captures the spiral galaxy M-106, is a composite of data obtained by Hubble and observatories. M-106 is between 22 and 25 million light years from Earth.

NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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