Hubble

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• NASA’s composite image of the Crab Nebula

  
  Eideard — Authority: 491
  Wowee - pretty scary! [IMG: http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eideard.wordpress.com&blog=3848052&post=46759&subd=eideard&ref=&feed=1]
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• The Extremely Large Telescope

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 670
  The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is planning on building a massive – and I do mean massive – telescope in the next decade. The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is a 42-meter telescope in its final planning stages. Weighing in at 5,000 tonnes, and made up of 984 individual mirrors, it will be ...
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• Center to celebrate ‘Year of Astronomy’ – Press & Sun-Bulletin

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 160
  BBC NewsCenter to celebrate Year of AstronomyPress & Sun-BulletinKopernik Observatory & Science Education Center will celebrate the international Year of Astronomy by unveiling new mural-sized images from nasas …NASA images to be unveiled at Urbana UniversitySpringfield News SunHappy Birthday, Edwin Hubble, ...
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• Moving Beyond Earth Opens at Air and Space

  
  Around The Mall — Authority: 132
  Shuttle astronauts used this trainer to practice the difficult task of replacing the Power Control Unit, the electrical nerve center of the Hubble Space Telescope, on a 2002 servicing mission. Photo by Eric Long This week, the National Air and Space Museum unveiled the first phase of its new permanent exhibit ...
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• November 20 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  On November 20: 1620 – Peregrine White ,  was born – first English child born in the Plymouth Colony.   The Pilgrim Hall Museum owns the original Peregrine White cradle and Elder Brewster Chair 1765  Sir Thomas Fremantle , British naval captain, was born. 1820 An 80-ton sperm whale ...
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• HUBBLE THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2009

  
  Meta Watershed — Authority: 126
  Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy Every Thursday, I post a very large photograph of some corner of space captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and available online from the picture album at HubbleSite . IMPACT by Chrystos I wish I could give you the moment when Eagle came back into view ...
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• Hubble Telescope instruments on display at National Air and Space Museum

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 968
  Two instruments that helped save the Hubble Space Telescope from failure in 1993 were recently returned to Earth and are going on display at the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum .
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• The ‘Camera That Saved Hubble’ Goes to Smithsonian Museum

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 615
  Written by Nancy AtkinsonThe Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, along with the “contact lens” that corrected the defect in the Hubble Space Telescope’s primary mirror will have a new home. Recently returned to Earth after more than 15 years in space, the two instruments will have a new home in the ...
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• Hubble Detects Galactic X-File

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 772
  This photo from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a strange, faint “X” shape extending from the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 4710. Spiral galaxies are named for the arms curling outward from a central core of stars and gas. All of them have some sort of bulge at the center, but some, perhaps 20 or 30 percent, ...
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• Puzzling Galactic bulges in Spiral Galaxies

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 615
  Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling. A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4710 is part of a survey that astronomers have conducted to learn more about ...
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• Picture of the Day – Galaxy Merger from Hubble

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 615
  Where do stars form when galaxies collide? To help find out, astronomers imaged the nearby galaxy merger NGC 2623 in high resolution with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2007. Analysis of this Hubble image and images of NGC 2623 in infrared light by the Spitzer Space Telescope, in X-ray light by XMM-Newton, and in ...
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• "X" Marks Puzzling Galactic Bulge

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 670
  Looking at a galaxy edge-on provides astronomers the opportunity to study different aspects of galaxies than a face-on view offers. This Hubble image of NGC 4710 is part of a survey conducted to provide more information about the puzzling bulges that form around the middle of some galaxies. Have these galaxies ...
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• The Camera That Saved Hubble Goes to Smithsonian Museum

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 670
  The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, along with the "contact lens" that corrected the defect in the Hubble Space Telescope s primary mirror will have a new home. Recently returned to Earth after more than 15 years in space, the two instruments will have a new home in the Smithsonians National Air and Space ...
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• Hubble pokes at a galactic bulge

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 702
  When you poke the Pillsbury dough boy in his bulging tummy, he giggles. When you poke the bulge in NGC 4710, however, you get the history of how galaxies form. Voila! Awesome. And you really need to embiggen this one to get a sense of the incredible beauty and resolution of the picture. Try the 4000 x 2000 ...
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• Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 168
  The space shuttle Atlantis launched on a mission to visit the International Space Station Monday afternoon, reports the Associated Press.Atlantis blastoff was the fifth successful launch of 2009, following three other visits to the station and — on Atlantis previous flight — a final overhaul of the Hubble Space ...
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• Picture of the Day – The Ring Nebula

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 615
  It looks like a ring on the sky. Hundreds of years ago astronomers noticed a nebula with a most unusual shape. Now known as M57 or NGC 6720, the gas cloud became popularly known as the Ring Nebula. It is now known to be a planetary nebula, a gas cloud emitted at the end of [...]
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• OrionMy Winter Friend

  
  Lair of the Blue Bear — Authority: 413
  Last night I walked out on my deck, and looking east I found my winter friend rising above the horizon. Orion, I greet thee... This deep field image, from the Hubble Space Telescope, is oriented as Orion appears when overhead, as opposed to the photo above as he appears when rising. An Orion star map: ...
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• Book Review - Far Out - A Space-Time Chronicle

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 145
  Far Out - A Space-Time Chronicle by Michael Benson; Abrams Books; New York, New York; (Hard Cover) $55.00; 2009. This is a large-format book that literally sucks you in thanks to a fabulous collection of deep space images. The reader will surely feel like their own Hubble Space Telescope, peering into the pages that ...
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• An Ultra Deep Field?

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 484
  H/T - The Hubble Telescope [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Somdev, Raja in ATP Challenger semifinals

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Knoxville, Tennesse, Nov 13 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja moved into the semi-finals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger tennis here with an upset victory over Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble.Somdev and Raja went past third-seeded Australian pair 6-3, 6-1 and set-up a semifinal meeting with South African ...
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