Josalo Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Hubble Goes to the Limit In Search Of Farthest Galaxies Stretching the Hubble telescope's vision farther across space and further back into time than ever before, astronomers have peered into a previously unseen realm of the universe. A "long-exposure" infrared image has uncovered the faintest galaxies ever seen. Astronomers believe some of these galaxies could be the farthest objects ever seen. A powerful new generation of telescopes will be needed to confirm the suspected distances. The picture on the left contains over 300 galaxies, which have spiral, elliptical, and irregular shapes. The two images on the right represent close-up views of objects that may be over 12 billion light-years away, the farthest galaxies ever seen. Each faraway galaxy is centered in the frame. Credit: Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona) and NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josalo Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 Hubble Completes Eight-Year Effort to Measure Expanding Universe The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project team today announced that it has completed efforts to measure precise distances to far-flung galaxies, an essential ingredient needed to determine the age, size and fate of the universe. The team used the Hubble telescope to observe 19 galaxies out to 108 million light-years. They discovered almost 800 Cepheid variable stars, a special class of pulsating star used for accurate distance measurements. Here is a picture of one of those galaxies. It is the spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which Cepheid variables have been found. It is associated with the Centaurus cluster, one of the most massive assemblages of galaxies in the nearby universe. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/...leases/1999/19/ The links was too old to work so I got rid of it for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Ah, try that again.... Your link has been mangled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortunehooks Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 wonderful, the hubble gives us some better shots of the galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 haha! This is so awesome! Beauty of the universe with no God! It's F************King beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totallyatpeace Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 *sigh* The wonder of it all................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 I think this one puts things into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 I think this one puts things into perspective. That it does. I remember reading something by Robert Ingersoll where he explains something like, if you draw a circle on a piece of paper that is five (or eight) inches in diameter, then use a pin to poke a tiny hole in the paper next to your cirlce, you'll have a pretty accurate comparison of the size of the Earth to the Sun. That's pretty big. On the way into work, I heard an advertisement on the radio for these assholes ----> CLICK HERE. I can't believe that people actually buy this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 hahahah, what total bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGiant Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Dude, that's hot. Like fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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