Anybody seen the latest pictures? They are awesome!!!
Hubble telescope is 28 years old! Celebrate with these dazzling images | Big Think
Hubble telescope is 28 years old! Celebrate with these dazzling images | Big Think
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What a success!
The Hubble has continued to give tons of information since it's launch many years ago. I hope that when it has (finally) lived out its usefulness, they will have something even more amazing to take its place.
Equally amazing is that although it was given the wrong 'prescription' for it's glasses and was disappointing in the quality of images it sent, after ingenious fixes it turned into a technical marvel that kept going, and going and.......
The shuttle did a super job of deploying and repairing it, but I don't want to hear any more yammering from NASA about the shuttle being 'the only way' that could be accomplished. With an attitude like that, it's a small wonder that we've lost so much presence in space.
The Hubble has continued to give tons of information since it's launch many years ago. I hope that when it has (finally) lived out its usefulness, they will have something even more amazing to take its place.
Equally amazing is that although it was given the wrong 'prescription' for it's glasses and was disappointing in the quality of images it sent, after ingenious fixes it turned into a technical marvel that kept going, and going and.......
The shuttle did a super job of deploying and repairing it, but I don't want to hear any more yammering from NASA about the shuttle being 'the only way' that could be accomplished. With an attitude like that, it's a small wonder that we've lost so much presence in space.
That mirror was done at Perkin Elmer in Ct, I went there a few times to see it, NASA didnt want to spend the money to have it tested, I was there the day they shipped it out on a plane called the Super Guppy.
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An amazing fabrication technique....
...but they didn't check their math. NASA tested it when it was in space.
The story of it's fabrication was amazing but they shouldn't have heralded it until it was working.
...but they didn't check their math. NASA tested it when it was in space.
The story of it's fabrication was amazing but they shouldn't have heralded it until it was working.
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When the optics for the Hubble Space Telescope were under design, the people responsible for the design of the military's photo-intelligence satellite program contacted NASA asking if they would like assistance in design of the optics. Since the satellite photo intelligence had been going on for many years with greatly successful images being acquired, a little information sharing would help NASA. NASA turned down the offer saying they knew all about telescope didn't need help from the military. The rest is history.
The old girl has exceeded all expectations and continues to wow us with great images. I just hope they can get the Webb in orbit and operational before someone decides they can’t spend any more money on it and gives it the ax.
The pictures are stunningly beautiful. I do not understand space time, black holes, how galaxies are born mature and die, but they are mesmerizing. The infrared technology was a huge advance since we couldn't see through the gas clouds.
A classmate of mine from grad school became an astronaut and was on STS-125, the final repair mission for the Hubble.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
I just gave my 7yo grandson a telescope to look at the stars. I figured to raise his interest to the galaxy around us.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Magnificent pictures, like so many we've seen before.
I was heavy into astronomy.....
Every aspect is fascinating, but the most satisfying for me was the pure beauty, awe and mystery of it and just being to bring in distant clusters and resolve them into individual stars.
The Orion Nebula is gorgeous and can be easily seen with (decent) human eye and magnified it will knock your socks off. The added bonus of seeing primal stars is icing on an already delicious cake.
If anybody is interested, get a primer or go online good pair of 10x50 binoculars and learn to locate objects. If that grabs you, get a telescope and get to work.
A simple old, but thorough book is the 'Golden Book of Astronomy'. It is updated now and called 'The New Golden Book of Astronomy. but any old copy enough to find and view plenty. There's an online book of the same name but it appears much more comprehensive than the old one.
Every aspect is fascinating, but the most satisfying for me was the pure beauty, awe and mystery of it and just being to bring in distant clusters and resolve them into individual stars.
The Orion Nebula is gorgeous and can be easily seen with (decent) human eye and magnified it will knock your socks off. The added bonus of seeing primal stars is icing on an already delicious cake.
If anybody is interested, get a primer or go online good pair of 10x50 binoculars and learn to locate objects. If that grabs you, get a telescope and get to work.
A simple old, but thorough book is the 'Golden Book of Astronomy'. It is updated now and called 'The New Golden Book of Astronomy. but any old copy enough to find and view plenty. There's an online book of the same name but it appears much more comprehensive than the old one.
Like I mentioned elsewhere.....
Find a copy of the "New Golden Book to Astronomy". It's simple yet thorough and fascinating. He'll be looking at the moons on Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and the Great Orion Nebula in no time.
PS: Don't look at the full moon without a filter. In a short time you will get what's similar to welding burns and feel like you've got sand in your eye for a few days.
Find a copy of the "New Golden Book to Astronomy". It's simple yet thorough and fascinating. He'll be looking at the moons on Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and the Great Orion Nebula in no time.
PS: Don't look at the full moon without a filter. In a short time you will get what's similar to welding burns and feel like you've got sand in your eye for a few days.
misswired
Absent Comrade
That mirror was sent to the company in Alabama I worked for. It was sent with the convex cast iron lap they used for the finishing polish. Without measuring dimensions, we were instructed to cut the concave mirror surface to match the lap.
Working night shift we had to call in the world class lapping professional to come in and 'feel' the fit.... he'd say take some off the middle or wherever. I'd make the adjustments and take another 3hour cut and call him back to the plant to feel the fit again. We never took any kind of mechanical measurement on that mirror...that's unheard of!!! That and having my finger prints on it....No wonder it was out of focus....
islandguy
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I had the honor of helping design and fabricate the UV calibration light source for the faint-object spectro-graph portion of the Hubble Space Telescope back in the 80's. Got to work at the Perkin-Elmer Danbury CT facility for a time as part of that project. Fond memories of a time of hope and promise.
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