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Most distant known object in universe discovered
San Diego Union-Tribune ^
| February 15, 2004
| Andrew Bridges
Posted on 02/15/2004 1:42:33 PM PST by concentric circles
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Abell 2218 acts as a powerful lens, magnifying all the galaxies lying behind its core.
These lensed galaxies appear stretched and even multiply imaged.
The new object appears as two thin red streaks inside the circled area.
Image by Jean-Paul Kneib, Richard Ellis and Nasa/Esa
To: concentric circles
Absolutely, positively amazing!
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:50:30 PM PST
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: concentric circles
At first I thought this might be the "new" hiding place for Alex Polier.
It truly is amazing though.
Slayer
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:03:52 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(We point out Kerry's record and the facts, and they just THINK it's attack politics.)
To: concentric circles
Bump. Bump. Bump
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:05:24 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
Abell 2218
Abell 2218 is a cluster of galaxies. It is at a distance of about 2 billion light years behind the constellation Draco. This is the 2,218th cluster in George Abell's catalog. It has come under a lot of study recently. When deep images are taken of this cluster, beautiful arcs are seen surrounding the center of the cluster (Abell's images were relatively shallow, so these arcs were not visible to him).
Most of these arcs are actually images from a single galaxy far behind the cluster! When the light from this galaxy (5-10 times more distant than Abell 2218) passes through the cluster, the light gets deflected by the gravitational field the cluster. In this case (which is rare) the light is bent so stronly that the image is sheared out into an arc. Also, because of the strength of the lens, light passing to either side of the cluster gets bent toward the observer and multiple images are seen. Because some of the arcs are blue and some are red, I suspect the arcs may be from more than one background galaxy, perhaps in a cluster or group of their own.
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:09:51 PM PST
by
concentric circles
(Good government starts in the voting booth.)
To: concentric circles
Most distant known object in universe discovered A Democrat telling the truth?
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:10:08 PM PST
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Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Cincinatus
The Hubble Space Telescope revealed the first glimpse of the galaxy, backed up by subsequent observations made with the Keck Observatory's 10-meter telescopes atop Mauna Kea.
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:17:09 PM PST
by
jpsb
(Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
To: concentric circles
Absolutely incredible.
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:20:19 PM PST
by
hershey
To: concentric circles
I understand that Hubble is doing alot of deep field work, or spending a great deal of time peering into dark patches of the universe. Is this part of that work?
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:23:40 PM PST
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jpsb
(Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
To: concentric circles
Very interesting and beautiful pictures. Thanks!
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:24:10 PM PST
by
vezke
To: Cobra64
"Most distant known object in universe discovered
A Democrat telling the truth?"
That has never been discovered
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:26:41 PM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: concentric circles
Cool! And some say Hubble was a waste of time and $.
To: concentric circles
The source of your screen name???
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:29:09 PM PST
by
null and void
(There's no such thing as a bad tax cut)
To: concentric circles
Incredible Pictures!
Know anything about the small blue image in the approximate center of the image?
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:56:25 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: concentric circles
the most farthest known object
That'll be 10 raps on the knuckles from Sister Mary Yardstick.
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:58:10 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Spotted owl tastes like chicken)
To: Nick Danger; Ernest_at_the_Beach; jpsb
I'm not qualified to answer any questions about this object, I only know that it's the most farthestest thing anyone ever saw, contemplated, or even thought about.
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posted on
02/15/2004 3:15:46 PM PST
by
concentric circles
(Good government starts in the voting booth.)
To: P-Marlowe; Corin Stormhands; xzins
round worlder nose breathing lip not moving while ye reads gravitational lensing ping
To: Nick Danger
"Most fartherest known" was of course meant.
To: concentric circles
This just in:
John Kerry's Intern reportedly has been moved from Africa to a new location.
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posted on
02/15/2004 3:23:29 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
To: mtbopfuyn
The greatest loss I will wittness in my life is Hubble burning up in our atmosphere, and it is preventable.
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posted on
02/15/2004 3:24:50 PM PST
by
jpsb
(Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
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