Posted on 04/26/2005 10:52:37 AM PDT by Wolfstar
A new view of the Eagle Nebula, one of the two largest and sharpest images Hubble Space Telescope has ever taken, is released by NASA for Hubble's 15th anniversary April 25, 2005. The new Eagle Nebula image reveals a tall, dense tower of gas being sculpted by ultraviolet light from a group of massive, hot stars. During the 15 years Hubble has orbited the Earth, it has taken more than 700,000 photos of the cosmos.
Here is a great site if you want to see more: http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/00current.htm
always wondered, are these pictures exact images? or are they recreations with color and such added in
Is there any info regarding the distances covered in the photograph? I recall seeing similar photos some time ago and the distance from one end to the other was measured in light years(?). Truly remarkable pictures. Thanks for the post.
They look like fractals.
I see a face . . . .
Many of the space photo tiffs I work with are between 50 and 500 megs each.
you wouldnt see much- it would be so spread out it would be hard to see
For example we live INSIDE a galaxy and yet only on a very clear night, far away from any city lights, can you see the milky way (our own galaxy)
I think these photos are time lapse and highly concentrated light.
I may be wrong- maybe those shine more brightly
Sure does.
Wonderful but are they "colored" by NASE artists like previous pictures or are these the actual photo's?
"If each picture was a MB in size, and each 700mb CD could have 700 photographs so 1000 CD's or a 4.7gb DVD would hold about 6800 photos or about 150 DVD's."
Dude, way to much time on your hands. LOL!! or your just a freakin math whiz.
Kewl
There IS a face in there. It is in the upper right hand corner, upside down. WE NEED A PHOTOSHOP WHIZ TO CROP OFF THE CORNER AND INVERT IT! (Can't believe I am actually advocating that)
I once saw a painting of a hypothetical world where a spiral galaxy rises above the horizon at night. The spiral filled the sky from side to side.
It would be amazing to see something like that. I also imagine it would have an incredible effect on any intelligent life on the planet.
Light-year - The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion (9.46 × 1012) kilometers or 5.88 trillion (5.88 × 1012) miles.
The Eagle nebula picture is six light-years wide, so about twelve light-years tall.
Anyone can easily do that w/ Irfan
Jeez, now THAT is some resolution!
.... During the 15 years Hubble has orbited the Earth, it has taken more than 700,000 photos of the cosmos.
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That's a picture about every ten minutes on average!
And they aren't willing to try to save Hubble from its near term destiny???
Math whiz. Electrical engineer actually.
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