Astronomy
Today is the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. To celebrate, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken one of the largest panoramas it has ever taken, called "The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme", (shown above). It is the central region of the Carina Nebula, fifty light-years wide, where new stars are being born and old stars are dying. The panorama is composed of 48 shots, taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys.
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Astronomy
Hubble's 17th Birthday!
For more information, visit:
- HubbleSite
- National Geographic News
- Wikipedia
- Hubble Space Telescope Got Red Carpet Treatment
Hubble Space Telescope was orbiting Earth and it missed its new film "Hubble 3D" at the movie's world premiere at Smithsoman National Air & Space Museum , Washington on 9.3.10. The film's co-starring astronauts walked the red carpet to see...
- Picture Of Cat's Eye Nebula
The Cat's eye nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Draco. A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas in space. A nebula is of four types- planetary nebula , reflection nebula , emission nebula and absorption nebula. Cat's nebula can...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...