JPL's Hubble Camera Keeps on Clicking

pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies This image, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147, demonstrated that the camera is working exactly as it was before going offline.
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October 30, 2008

The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, designed and built by JPL, is back in the image business. It has been a workhorse on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope since 1993.

For more information about the image, visit http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/37/