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First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:18 am
by Nutso
Colorful Stars Galore Inside Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri
http://www.hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar ... /25/image/
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:37 am
by Tsukiyumi
Love it. Best scientific instrument ever made.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:25 am
by Sionnach Glic
Wow, that's pretty damn colourful.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:35 pm
by Tyyr
While I appreciate that the James Webb will be great for astronomers I lament it being a purely IR instrument. Nothing's quite as impressive as Hubble's visible light, IR, UV composite images.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:26 am
by Uzume
How much more could it have cost to see all the pretty colors?
's fun at self...
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:26 pm
by Tyyr
Honestly I have no idea. I do wonder because unless I'm mistaken it's a matter of instrumentation. The mirror and such are universal, its the actual cameras you use that determine the spectrum you view. I think.
Regardless, if we want to get serious about astronomy there's one perfect spot for a telescope, the darkside of the moon.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:19 pm
by Teaos
No such thing as the dark side of the moon, both sides see equal light, you may be thinking of the far side of the moon... or at the poles where light is very little.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:26 pm
by Tyyr
Yes, the farside. Plenty of craters deep enough to place a telescope in that it can function most of the time except for when the sun is directly overhead.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:32 pm
by Sonic Glitch
Tyyr wrote:Honestly I have no idea. I do wonder because unless I'm mistaken it's a matter of instrumentation. The mirror and such are universal, its the actual cameras you use that determine the spectrum you view. I think.
Regardless, if we want to get serious about astronomy there's one perfect spot for a telescope, the darkside of the moon.
So someplace like this?
?
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:36 pm
by Mikey
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:13 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Sonic Glitch... WIN!
Okay, very nice picture there.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:59 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Nice one, Sonic.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:27 pm
by Uzume
Sonic Glitch wrote:Tyyr wrote:Honestly I have no idea. I do wonder because unless I'm mistaken it's a matter of instrumentation. The mirror and such are universal, its the actual cameras you use that determine the spectrum you view. I think.
Regardless, if we want to get serious about astronomy there's one perfect spot for a telescope, the darkside of the moon.
So someplace like this?
?
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:39 am
by Lighthawk
My sister has a shirt that looks like that.
Very cool image.
Re: First Images From Upgraded Hubble Telescope
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:32 am
by Foxbat
NOW I get Carl Sagan...