LibGuides: Astronomy: Images

Best Sources of Astronomical Images on the Web

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific maintains a "Best Sources" List - consult their site for more image sources. We list just a few sites here.

Astronomy Image Explorer
Hundreds of thousands of images published in the journals of the American Astronomical Society, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics.
Hubble Heritage Project
Offers Hubble Space Telescope images as well as information on the image creation process.
HubbleSite
Includes an image gallery, information about the Hubble Space Telescope and a collection of Hubble news releases and discoveries.
SkyView: The Internet's Virtual Telescope
NASA's SkyView is a virtual observatory generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma-ray.