New HST camera: before/after, 13 January 1994

One of the very first images of the new Wide-Field and Planetary Camera-II, compared with an earlier image (WFPC-I) of the same region (nucleus of M100 galaxy).

Click on the image below to retrieve the full gif image, as released for the Press:

         
Here is the full caption (from the Space Telescope Science Institute).
More Press Release Photos from WFPC-II are available here (from NASA/NSSDC).

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