New Hubble Pictures

grumpy · 02-28-2006, 09:39 AM

When pictures like these are released it makes me feel very proud that I worked on the Hubble project.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0602/28pinwheel/

It has to make you feel humble when you contemplate what it is you are seeing in these pictures.

Grumpy

SC · 02-28-2006, 09:51 AM

Great picture. Thanks for the link.

Outtahere · 02-28-2006, 10:03 AM

Wow, those kinds of pictures sure make you feel small in the grand scheme of the universe. Thanks Grumpy I love looking at things like this.

mickeyd · 02-28-2006, 10:20 AM

WOW!!! I'm always humbled by Hubble pictures. We are truely fortunate to live in this beautiful universe.

Thanks so much for this link grumpy.

Jay_Gatsby · 02-28-2006, 10:33 AM

It definitely makes your problems look small by comparison. Also, I noticed that there are quite a few smaller galaxies visible in the image. Pretty cool all in all.

retire@40 · 02-28-2006, 01:07 PM

"Approximately 100 billion of these stars alone might be like our Sun in terms of temperature and lifetime"

I wonder how many FIRE aliens there are out there?

cute fuzzy bunny · 02-28-2006, 01:17 PM

And how many of them are DCM's?

VoyT · 02-28-2006, 08:47 PM

Very cool! Thanks for the link. (And I hope NASA resumes those maintenence visits)

grumpy · 02-28-2006, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VoyT

Very cool! Thanks for the link. (And I hope NASA resumes those maintenence visits)

As far as I know the planning for the next Hubble servicing mission is going forward while they try to sort out the external tank foam shedding issues. I believe the new NASA Administrator is on record as saying he is willing to accept the risks of a shuttle flight to service Hubble even though they would not be able to reach the space station as a safe haven if anything goes wrong.

Grumpy

Ed_The_Gypsy · 02-28-2006, 11:27 PM

You can just see my home, center left.

Cheers,

K-pax

Arif · 03-01-2006, 05:31 AM

Quote:

You can just see my home, center left.

No, that's your local Walmart.

Great photos. I still remember when JPL came to my elementary school in the early 80s and showed us stuff like this. I wanted to be a space scientist after that (until I got my science test back).

02-28-2006, 09:39 AM	#1
grumpy Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 975	New Hubble Pictures When pictures like these are released it makes me feel very proud that I worked on the Hubble project. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0602/28pinwheel/ It has to make you feel humble when you contemplate what it is you are seeing in these pictures. Grumpy

02-28-2006, 09:51 AM	#2
SC Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 191	Re: New Hubble Pictures Great picture. Thanks for the link.

02-28-2006, 10:03 AM	#3
Outtahere Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,677	Re: New Hubble Pictures Wow, those kinds of pictures sure make you feel small in the grand scheme of the universe. Thanks Grumpy I love looking at things like this. __________________ Dogs aren't our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras

02-28-2006, 10:20 AM	#4
mickeyd Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Texas~29N/98W Posts: 2,290	Re: New Hubble Pictures WOW!!! I'm always humbled by Hubble pictures. We are truely fortunate to live in this beautiful universe. Thanks so much for this link grumpy. __________________ Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx In dire need of: faster horses, younger woman, older whiskey, more money.

02-28-2006, 10:33 AM	#5
Jay_Gatsby Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,101	Re: New Hubble Pictures It definitely makes your problems look small by comparison. Also, I noticed that there are quite a few smaller galaxies visible in the image. Pretty cool all in all. __________________ He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it . . . It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. -- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

02-28-2006, 01:07 PM	#6
retire@40 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,583	Re: New Hubble Pictures "Approximately 100 billion of these stars alone might be like our Sun in terms of temperature and lifetime" I wonder how many FIRE aliens there are out there? __________________ No man is free who is not master of himself. --- Epictetus Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think). --- Guy Lombardo

02-28-2006, 01:17 PM	#7
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	Re: New Hubble Pictures And how many of them are DCM's? __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

02-28-2006, 08:47 PM	#8
VoyT Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 445	Re: New Hubble Pictures Very cool! Thanks for the link. (And I hope NASA resumes those maintenence visits) __________________ "Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised." -- Kathryn Janeway

02-28-2006, 11:27 PM	#10
Ed_The_Gypsy Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,872	Re: New Hubble Pictures You can just see my home, center left. Cheers, K-pax __________________ "Ain't got no money for no old-age pension; I'm so broke, I can't pay attention!"

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