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Hubble's biggest fan

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What is it about the Hubble Space Telescope that so captivates its users and the public at large? I offer my personal views on this iconic telescope.

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Figure 1: HST image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the Virgo cluster.

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  1. Luis C. Ho is at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, 5 Yi He Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China,

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