Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Hubble's 19th Birthday Picture

Hubble was launched 19 years ago. Instead of taking a picture of Hubble for its birhtday, it took a spectacular image of a couple of interacting galaxies (Click to embiggen or download the high res images).


This is an amazing mashup...I will let you read about what's going on here at Unvierse Today...my flight leaves soon!

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

  1. LizardmomApril 21, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    before i read the description, it looked like an angelfish, still cool even knowing what it really is :)

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  2. SERApril 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Cool pic..

    Bobster...Will they ever have to go up there and clean the lenses? Isn't there space dust and crap flying around out there?

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  3. OrbsCorbsApril 21, 2009 at 8:02 PM

    Space bird crap.

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  4. drewzepmeisterApril 21, 2009 at 8:29 PM

    Liz-it DOES look like an angelfish!

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