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=== Celebration images === {{Further|List of Hubble anniversary images}} [[File:HH 901 and HH 902 in the Carina nebula (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg|thumb|A pillar of gas and dust in the [[Carina Nebula]]. This [[Wide Field Camera 3]] image, dubbed ''[[Mystic Mountain]]'', was released in 2010 to commemorate Hubble's 20th anniversary in space.]] The Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 20th anniversary in space on April 24, 2010. To commemorate the occasion, NASA, ESA, and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) released an image from the [[Carina Nebula]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2010 |title=Starry-Eyed Hubble Celebrates 20 Years of Awe and Discovery |url=http://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2010/news-2010-13 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |website=HubbleSite.org |publisher=[[Space Telescope Science Institute]] |language=en |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715150329/https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2010/news-2010-13.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To commemorate Hubble's 25th anniversary in space on April 24, 2015, STScI released images of the [[Westerlund 2]] cluster, located about {{convert|20000|ly|pc}} away in the constellation Carina, through its Hubble 25 website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hubble25th.org/images/27 |title=25th Anniversary Image: Westerlund 2 |publisher=Space Telescope Science Institute |access-date=April 24, 2015 |archive-date=January 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124213007/http://hubble25th.org/images/27 |url-status=live }}</ref> The European Space Agency created a dedicated 25th anniversary page on its website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/Hubble25/ |title=Celebrating 25 years of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope |publisher=European Space Agency |access-date=April 24, 2015 |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214164843/https://esahubble.org/projects/Hubble25/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2016, a special celebratory image of the [[Bubble Nebula]] was released for Hubble's 26th "birthday".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1608/ |title=Hubble captures birthday bubble |website=SpaceTelescope.org |publisher=European Space Agency |date=April 21, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206170806/https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1608/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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