STScI Preprint #1345

News from the Hubble Space Telescope

I present a selection of the most exciting and spectacular results obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope in the last few years, such as (1) the Hubble Deep Field, i.e. galaxies in the far Universe, and studies of colliding galaxies in the near Universe, (2) the complete view of SN 1987A environment and the first measurements of the collision of SN 1987A ejecta with its inner circumstellar ring, (3) the observations of planetary nebulae that have revealed new aspects of stellar evolution and wonders of hydrodynamics, and (4) the studies of transient -ray sources, whose characteristics may imply the existence of enormously energetic stellar explosions.

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Appeared in: the proceedings of Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics, held 25-30 May 1998 in Vulcano Island, Italy. eds. F. Giovannelli & G. Mannocchi, Mem. S.A.It.

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¹ Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
² On assignment from Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department of ESA