Astronomy
Today is the Hubble Space Telescope's 20th anniversary in orbit. The Hubble Space Telescope has over its lifetime provided many discoveries and produced thousands of awe-inspiring images of deep space, and our local neighborhood in space. To celebrate, NASA has released a new image. The image is a small portion of the Carina Nebula, a large star-birth region in the Milky Way Galaxy, and depicts a pillar of gas and dust (3 light years tall!) rising among jets of gas.
I'm also celebrating by including some of my favorite images from the Hubble below the fold.
I really like the structure and shapes of M104 and M64, and love the detail that the Hubble brings out. I can almost picture galaxies turning...
I also like the shapes of the following galaxies, especially the Whirlpool Galaxy's.
The Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula almost parallel the image just released of the pillars in Carina Nebula.
The detail in Hubble's image of the Orion Nebula is just stunning. The view in my binoculars is nothing compared to this...
I really like this picture of a supernova near NGC 4526. Compare its brightness with the rest of the galaxy's (the supernova is the bright dot in the bottom left corner).
And this image may seem familiar... (it's a picture of an aurora on the planet Saturn!)
All of these images can be found on HubbleSite.
Edit: Google also has a Google Doodle honoring this anniversary:
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- Flying Through The Carina Nebula
One of my favorite parts of the IMAX movie Hubble 3D was getting to fly through objects like the Orion Nebula in 3D. Often, when looking at objects in the night sky, I tend to forget that what I see is a complex three dimensional object of which I only...
- Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
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- Hubble's 100,000th Orbit
The Hubble Space Telescope has just recently completed its 100,000th orbit around Earth today, August 11, 2008. The telescope reached that milestone above the Pacific Ocean (Illustration above). It has been a long journey for this famous telescope, 18...
- Red Stripe In Space
Image: NASA/ESA So what exactly is that red stripe in the picture? The picture is one of the latest from the Hubble Space Telescope, and the main focus of the image is a red trail of gas. This gas is part of the remnant of a supernova that took place...
Astronomy
Happy 20th Hubble!
Today is the Hubble Space Telescope's 20th anniversary in orbit. The Hubble Space Telescope has over its lifetime provided many discoveries and produced thousands of awe-inspiring images of deep space, and our local neighborhood in space. To celebrate, NASA has released a new image. The image is a small portion of the Carina Nebula, a large star-birth region in the Milky Way Galaxy, and depicts a pillar of gas and dust (3 light years tall!) rising among jets of gas.
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| Image: NASA |
I really like the structure and shapes of M104 and M64, and love the detail that the Hubble brings out. I can almost picture galaxies turning...
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| The Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (M104) Image: NASA |
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| Nucleus of Black Eye Galaxy (M64) Image: NASA |
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| The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Companion Galaxy Image: NASA |
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| Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (M81) Image: NASA |
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| Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebule (M16) Image: NASA |
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| Orion Nebula (M42) Image: NASA |
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| Supernova 1994D in NGC 4526 Image: NASA |
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| Saturn Aurora Image: NASA |
Edit: Google also has a Google Doodle honoring this anniversary:
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| Image: Google |
- Images Released By Hubble Telescope After Repair
Hubble telescope has finally got repaired and NASA scientists have released the first images taken by the telescope after repair. The image is of planetary nebula NGC 6302. I have defined planetary nebula in my earlier posts also. The image is simply...
- Flying Through The Carina Nebula
One of my favorite parts of the IMAX movie Hubble 3D was getting to fly through objects like the Orion Nebula in 3D. Often, when looking at objects in the night sky, I tend to forget that what I see is a complex three dimensional object of which I only...
- Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
To celebrate the 100 Hours of Astronomy, the people working on the Hubble Space Telescope decided to let the public decide of what the telescope will take a picture. This vote, called Hubble's Next Discovery - You Decide, closed on March 1, and consisted...
- Hubble's 100,000th Orbit
The Hubble Space Telescope has just recently completed its 100,000th orbit around Earth today, August 11, 2008. The telescope reached that milestone above the Pacific Ocean (Illustration above). It has been a long journey for this famous telescope, 18...
- Red Stripe In Space
Image: NASA/ESA So what exactly is that red stripe in the picture? The picture is one of the latest from the Hubble Space Telescope, and the main focus of the image is a red trail of gas. This gas is part of the remnant of a supernova that took place...