Astronomy
- Hubble Space Telescope Turns 20
Our Hubble Space Telescope is turning 20 this Saturday on 24th April. To mark the anniversary enjoy these incredibly beautiful images taken by Hubble. Spiral Galaxy M81 is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Bubble...
- Fireworks In Helix Nebula
Image taken by Subaru Telescope shows comet -shaped knots lighting up the Helix nebula. A nebula is cloud of gas and dust in space. Some nebulas are regions where new stars are being formed, while others are the remains of dead or dying stars. Nebulas...
- 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...
- The Heart Nebula
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805 lies 7500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Its an emission nebula showing glowing gas and darker dust lanes. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons. It's intense red output...
- Messier 97 And 108 In Ursa Major
The planetary nebula M97, also called Owl Nebula is bottom left in the picture. 2.6 kLY away and Mag 9.9. It is believed to be formed 6000 years ago.The spiral galaxy M108 seen from the edge is about 50 MLY away with Mag 10.7.The image was made out...
Astronomy
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 awesome.
A planetary nebula is emission nebula consisting of a glowing shell gas and plasma formed by certain types of stars when they die
- Hubble Space Telescope Turns 20
Our Hubble Space Telescope is turning 20 this Saturday on 24th April. To mark the anniversary enjoy these incredibly beautiful images taken by Hubble. Spiral Galaxy M81 is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Bubble...
- Fireworks In Helix Nebula
Image taken by Subaru Telescope shows comet -shaped knots lighting up the Helix nebula. A nebula is cloud of gas and dust in space. Some nebulas are regions where new stars are being formed, while others are the remains of dead or dying stars. Nebulas...
- 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...
- The Heart Nebula
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805 lies 7500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Its an emission nebula showing glowing gas and darker dust lanes. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons. It's intense red output...
- Messier 97 And 108 In Ursa Major
The planetary nebula M97, also called Owl Nebula is bottom left in the picture. 2.6 kLY away and Mag 9.9. It is believed to be formed 6000 years ago.The spiral galaxy M108 seen from the edge is about 50 MLY away with Mag 10.7.The image was made out...