Happy Belated 30th Birthday Hubble!

Image of Carina Nebula by Hubble, ESA, N. Smith, and the Hubble Heritage Team

We hope you can join us for a belated 30th birthday party for the Hubble Telescope to recognize three decades of amazing images and discoveries from this space telescope! On Friday, September 25th at 11 am you will be able to make star finders, vote for your favorite Hubble image, toast the telescope with cupcakes, and take home telescope image lithographs. We will also be unveiling a banner-sized version of the 30th Anniversary Image of NGC 2014 and NGC 2020 (“Cosmic Reef”) granted by the Space Telescope Science Institute. This event, which does not include admission to the exhibit galleries or planetarium, is free; donations are welcome.

The Hubble’s birthday was April 24, but in-person festivities were postponed due to COVID-19. Instead we had a Facebook Live event including the history of the telescope and at-home science activities for viewers, but that’s not quite the same thing as a party- time to fix that! To ensure public safety, the September 25th birthday party will include sanitation stations, social distancing, and a mask requirement.