ashburnskinsfan Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hubble reached another milestone. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=4191 The article has a neat new picture of exploding galaxy M82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I wonder if Chom is getting drunk for 'his' birthday? :party: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Nevermind. Not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Frankly, I hope they keep funding it. Discovery and exploration is important. I know there's other things that can be said to be more important, but none of them are as cool as this thing. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchwood Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I am glad that they finally got it working after its first like 5 years of being a giant piece of crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 This thread is worthless without pics. Pillars of creation -Columns of cool hydrogen gas in the Eagle Nebula serve as the incubators for new stars - which look like tiny bubbles within the dark pillars. Cosmic comets - In the left image, the Cartwheel Galaxy looks like a wagon wheel in space. A more detailed image of the galaxy"s hub shows bright, comet-like clouds circling at nearly 700,000 mph. Link to more of Hubbles cool pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashburnskinsfan Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 This thread is worthless without pics. Good point. The Hubble Deep field pictures send shivers down my spine. You can see thousands of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars, many of whom could host planets like ours with their own Hubble telescopes looking back at us. :cool: A small image doesn't do it justice, so check out this link. http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/07/images/m/formats/full_jpg.jpg For religious and atheist alike, it's a numinous experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Indeed. Got to have pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 A couple more: Ballooning star - Eta Carinae was the site of a giant outburst observed from Earth about 150 years ago, when it became one of the brightest stars in the southern sky. The star survived the explosion, which produced two billowing clouds of gas and dust. Clouds of glory - HH 32 is an excellent example of a "Herbig-Haro object," which is formed when young stars eject jets of material back into interstellar space. The jets plow into the surrounding nebula, producing strong shock waves that heat the gas and cause it to glow in different colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Eye of heaven This celestial object, with the scientific name MyCn18, looks like an eerie green eye staring out from two intersecting rings. But it"s actually an intricately shaped "hourglass" nebula with a star at its center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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