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Hubble Photographs Giant Eye in Space......
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| May 11th, 2009
Posted on 05/11/2009 6:15:05 PM PDT by TaraP
The Hubble Space Telescope's legendary Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has produced one of its last images, a gorgeous shot of a planetary nebula. The nebula, a colorful cloud of gas and dust named Kohoutek 4-55 (or K 4-55), has an eye that appears to be looking right back at Hubble. The image was taken May 4 and released today. Monday, NASA aims to send the space shuttle Atlantis to Hubble, where astronauts will replace the camera with the Wide Field Camera 3, among other upgrades and fix-it projects.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hubble; space
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:15:05 PM PDT
by
TaraP
To: All
Taken May 4th, 2009
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:16:47 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Separation of Church and State)
To: TaraP
Interesting post Tara but ya gotta include the pic!
To: TaraP
Reminds me of a novel I read in the early 50’s, “The Big Eye” by Max Erlich.
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:19:35 PM PDT
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: TaraP
Hubble was the best money Nasa has spent in the last 20 years. Outstanding photos.
More pictures please!!
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:20:26 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
To: Finalapproach29er; Quix; Star Traveler
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:23:17 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Separation of Church and State)
To: TaraP
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:24:51 PM PDT
by
TheConservativeParty
("Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force." George Washington)
To: TaraP
Breathtaking!
We live in the coolest Universe, don’t we? ;)
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:27:33 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
("Just give it to me straight; I'll make up my own mind." - Dana Perino's Dad)
To: TaraP
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:31:44 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
To: TaraP
Well, an eye is certainly one possibility...although there are others, depending on one’s outlook, of course.
To: TaraP
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:33:33 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Finalapproach29er; Diana in Wisconsin
I think the Hand in Space is pretty awesome!
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:36:43 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Separation of Church and State)
To: TaraP
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:45:11 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
To: P.O.E.
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:48:01 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Lockbar
Not as poetic as “eye in space”, but sometimes life imitates art, I guess.
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posted on
05/11/2009 6:53:21 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
“We live in the coolest Universe, don’t we?”
What is your basis for this assumption?
To: TaraP
To: TaraP
Maybe it’s one of the astronaut repairmen that took off today in the shuttle peeking into the lens...;)
To: Rider on the Rain
Well we have the coolest “Hopie Changie” dude in the white house! for one,...
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posted on
05/11/2009 7:11:34 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Is it too early to start calling this the “The Failed Obama Administration”?)
To: Mr. K
You could be right about that.
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