Hubble Telescope Sees Through Veil Nebula

FOXNews.com ^ | August 17, 2007 | By Dave Mosher

[JACKRUSSELL]

Only 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, a star familiar to human observers detonated and burned with a brightness comparable to that of a crescent moon

[JACKRUSSELL]

A small section of the Veil Nebula. (NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage/(STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration/Digitized Sky Survey 2)

More of the Veil Nebula. (NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage/(STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration/Digitized Sky Survey 2)

Blue shows oxygen, green shows sulfur and red shows hydrogen in this section of the Veil Nebula. (NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage/(STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration/Digitized Sky Survey 2)

[mikrofon]

Hubble Telescope Sees Through Veil Nebula

Shame on you, Hubble!

[ASA Vet]

Shouldn’t you have posted this thread in the science forum rather than the news/activism forum?

[jonsie]

Thank you, fantastic pictures of the past.

[Bender2]

Humble Hubble Bump!

[listenhillary]

Saw through the veil??? Hubble must DIE!

[mikrofon]

Hubble will eventually de-orbit and “die” — one can only hope where it will land...

[ThePythonicCow]

Larger versions of these images, from the hubblesite.org web site:

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[Lijahsbubbe]

That is so amazing. Great pictures.

[JACKRUSSELL]

Shouldn’t you have posted this thread in the science forum rather than the news/activism forum?

I didn't see a forum for science in the list of forums.

[kbennkc]

I don’t know what the rules are but I am glad you posted this where I might see it. Beautiful.

[ASA Vet]

Doesn’t matter anymore, it’s now hidden in General Chat.

[George from New England]

I agree these photos look great but they are fake.

All that the hubble telescope gets back is data. The scientists, in order to boost their popularity and budget, add color and enhancements all over the place to manufacture these pleasing images.

But really embellishment is too simple a word for the tampering that is done. None of the colors you see actually exists. Colors are assigned to data sets and patterns found and done in such a way to “market” to the stupid people who believe that this is what is out there. But even if someone took a camera out there light-years away they could never see let alone take these photos.

Genie is out of the bag guys.

[listenhillary]

Huh! Next you’re going to tell me Santa isn’t real.

[George from New England]

I knew I was due to get some hate mail - go ahead shoot.

[listenhillary]

Just teasing

[Tax-chick]

Nice pictures. Thanks for posting.

[mikrofon]

Way to burst the Hubble bubble....

[JCEccles]

Your mind manufactures the colors it does see. All of them. It’s entirely subjective. The colors manufactured by NASA are just as valid in their own way; they just provide your mind with a means of interpreting the objective data in a way that your mind understands.

[JRios1968]

Only 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, a star familiar to human observers detonated and burned with a brightness comparable to that of a crescent moon — an event visible even in broad daylight...

...To this day, DemonRATS blame this event on George W. Bush and his decision not to sign the Kyoto Protocol.