Saturday, January 31, 2009

Help Point Hubble

Few people get the chance to point the Hubble Space Telescope at the target of the choice and snap a pretty picture. Competition for time is very competitive and many who apply end up disappointed.

But Hubble is giving people a chance to vote on what they want it to point at this spring. The even is part of the International Year of Astronomy. There are six choice. One is a star forming region, two are planetary nebula (dying stars, much like our Sun will look in 5 or 6 billion years), a spiral galaxy, an edge on galaxy, and a pair of interacting galaxies.

You must vote by March 1st and the object will be imaged and the image released during the 100 Hours of Astronomy in early April.

I know which one I want to see imaged and will vote early and often (hey, I was born in Chicago!)

Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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8 comments:

  1. drewzepmeisterJanuary 31, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    I voted!

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  2. OrbsCorbsJanuary 31, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    I haven't the faintest idea of where to point it, but I do have a question: if you look through the wrong end of the Hubble telescope, does everything look really, really tiny?

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  3. MinnesotaChickJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:10 PM

    I voted! But it said my email address was invalid. :(

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  4. kkditherJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    No orbs, your eye just looks HUGE!

    I voted. I hope to see the star forming region. Heck, we are close enough to Chicago to pick up a few bad habits. I already coast through most stop signs... :>

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  5. BeejayJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    I will vote and vote and vote...

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  6. BeejayJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    done the deed.

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  7. MinnesotaChickJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:10 PM

    okayyyyyy says my other email is invalid too. Someone is going to have to let me know which one wins.. and .. did my vote count?

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  8. hale-boppJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    orbs, just choose the one you want to see in Hubble Telescope Technicolor...all votes are valid.

    Don't know why it won't take your vote, DA. Hope you get through.

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