PIA04282: GALEX 1st Light Compilation
 Mission:  Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
 Spacecraft:  GALEX Orbiter
 Instrument:  GALEX Telescope 
 Product Size:  2112 x 1533 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04282.tif (2.837 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04282.jpg (340.9 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This compilation shows the constellation Hercules, as imaged on May 21 and 22 by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. The images were captured by the two channels of the spacecraft camera during the mission's "first light" milestone.

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer first light images are dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The Hercules region was directly above Columbia when it made its last contact with NASA Mission Control on February 1, over the skies of Texas.

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer launched on April 28 on a mission to map the celestial sky in the ultraviolet and determine the history of star formation in the universe over the last 10 billion years.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2003-05-28