The Hubble Space Telescope 20 Years On
January 6th 2011 23:53
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Hubble Telescope
Over the years the Hubble telescope has provided us with a myriad of wonderful information and breath taking images. The Hubble telescope was launched by Space Shuttle in 1990.
The telescope did go through some problem it overcame it’s myopia after a further rendezvous to correct the telescope optics.
Since then the Hubble telescope has provided us with a legacy of wonderful images.
Hubble’s successor, will be the next generation new 21 century technology. The telescope will “see” images specifically in the infrared light spectrum.
Infrared is a light emitted by objects at the very edge of the universe. It also allows a certain amount of transparency, it allows us to see what is beyond the inter Stella dust, images that would normally remained obscured in a gaseous dust shroud.
The Hubble Space Telescope was able to capture the oldest galaxy seen by us to date. The oldest and most distant object seen so far, UDFy-38135539.
The edge of the universe ? Galaxy UDFy-38135539, is situated some 13.1 billion light years from the Earth
Here are some of the spectacular images produced by Hubble celebrating 20 years of active service.
billowing cloud of cold interstellar gas (jet image) Hubble image of NGC 6302, planetary nebula in Scorpius .
The image was taken deep within the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina.
Hubble image of NGC 6302, planetary nebula in the Constellation of Scorpius
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I hope that in the future, we can communicate with other living creatures in outer space.