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PookztA
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Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released!
#11032678 - 09/10/09 06:33 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hubble Telescope is Back: Fantastic New Images Released
By Andrea Thompson Senior Writer posted: 09 September 2009 11:22 am ET link to article: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090909-new-hubble-images.html
"NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in action after its most recent upgrade, with a spectacular array of new images showing off the telescope's new capabilities."
"Hubble's new instruments, including the Wide Field Camera 3, a new super-sensitive spectrograph, were installed on the 19-year-old telescope by shuttle astronauts during a 13-day service mission in May. The mission, which was initially cancelled in 2004 due to safety concerns after the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster, also revived two instruments — Hubble's main ACS and a versatile imaging spectrograph — that were never designed to be fixed in space."
Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
Galaxy Quintet
Absolutely beautiful.
Hope you enjoyed!
<3 Abe
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Edited by PookztA (09/12/09 10:42 AM)
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Dango_Bill
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: PookztA]
#11032692 - 09/10/09 06:42 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/original/heic0602a.tif
Check that one out. It's a 196 megapixel (yes, one-hundred-ninety-six megapixels) image of a pinwheel galaxy. You can zoom in soooo far...
The file size is >400MB and unless you have a pretty decent computer, trying to open that picture after you download it is going to take at least a few minutes. It's totally worth it, though.
That pic of the butterfly nebula is nice. Check it out in higher definition (15 megapixels) here - http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/original/heic0910h.tif
Edited by Dango_Bill (09/10/09 06:48 AM)
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Dango_Bill
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: Dango_Bill]
#11032726 - 09/10/09 06:57 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Trippiest yet -
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Minstrel
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: Dango_Bill]
#11032850 - 09/10/09 07:54 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Spectacular. I'd love to see a composite of that with IR images from the Spitzer ST to see through all that dust, especially in the bottom right area. All those bow-shocks indicate a good place to look for star-forming regions.
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dstark
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: Minstrel]
#11045790 - 09/12/09 10:39 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thats absolutely AMAZING!!
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Asante
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: PookztA]
#11051238 - 09/13/09 11:00 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I JUST CAME !
The Hubble is one of the few scientific instruments which can get the lay person in awe, those pictures should be spread among a far wider audience, people will be less averse to paying taxes for scientific research if they see "results" like this.
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elbisivni
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: Asante]
#11066387 - 09/15/09 08:58 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Wiccan_Seeker said:
I JUST CAME !
i just lol'd
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willloveforshrooms
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: elbisivni]
#11066430 - 09/15/09 09:07 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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wow stunning
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Minstrel
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: Dango_Bill]
#11066625 - 09/15/09 09:35 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea, thats definately my new wallpaper. Do you happen to know what nebula that is?
Edit: Found it, its the tarantula
Edited by Minstrel (09/15/09 09:39 PM)
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NUShroomer
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Re: Hubble is Back: Fantastic New Images Released! [Re: Minstrel]
#11078736 - 09/17/09 06:20 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Very nice. Love these images.
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