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    • Hubble Space Telescope

    Metadata Updated: January 16, 2026

    Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is an orbiting astronomical observatory operating from the near-infrared into the ultraviolet. Launched in 1990 and scheduled to operate through 2010, HST carries and has carried a wide variety of instruments producing imaging, spectrographic, astrometric, and photometric data through both pointed and parallel observing programs. MAST is the primary archive and distribution center for HST data, distributing science, calibration, and engineering data to HST users and the astronomical community at large. Over 100 000 observations of more than 20 000 targets are available for retrieval from the Archive.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026
    Publisher MAST: Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://archive.stsci.edu/hst
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Object Id 48151f7c-e546-49e0-9565-07a5edf66cdf
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL http://archive.stsci.edu/hst
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 38434dd02887b7ba802432f1fce5dd68d45fea8fd7ed068755ee4b4e602e82b4
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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