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Hubble Telescope–Images of the Universe
August 21st, 2010 | 
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“The variety of galaxies we see is amazing. In time these Hubble data could turn out to be the double helix of galaxy formation. We are clearly seeing some of the galaxies as they were more than ten billion years ago, in the process of formation,” said Robert Williams, Director of the Space telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland. “As the images have come up on our screens, we have not been able to keep from wondering if we might somehow be seeing our own origins in all of this. The past ten days have been an unbelievable experience.”
Harry Ferguson, one of the HDF team astronomers added: “One of the great legacies of the Hubble Telescope will be these deep images of the sky showing galaxies to the faintest possible limits with the greatest possible clarity from here out to the very horizon of the universe.”
The term “deep” in an astronomical sense means looking at the faintest objects in the universe. Because the most distant objects are also among the dimmest, the image is the equivalent of using a “time machine” to look into the past to witness the early formation of galaxies, perhaps less than one billion years after the universe’s birth in the Big Bang.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/01/text/
http://www.encognitive.com/Alpha-Centaurians.pdf
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Our Universe-Hubble Telescope Images
A Video Slideshow of Images from the Hubble telescope with music.
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Duration : 0:7:17
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Tags: astronomy, black holes, carl sagan, galaxies, Hubble Telescope, moon, NASA, nebula, Planets, Space, Stars, Universe | 
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Hubble’s Successor: The James Webb Space Telescope
Science@ESA (Episode 4): Following The Redshift (Part 2) – Hubble’s Successor: The James Webb Space Telescope.
In this fourth episode of the Science@ESA vodcast series Rebecca Barnes will identify some of the key discoveries achieved with the famous Hubble Space Telescope, look at the concept of redshift, and meet a new telescope that will be used to uncover the early Universe.
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Named in 2002 in honour of NASA’s administrator during the Apollo programme, the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) mission is a collaborative project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.
JWST will address many of the outstanding issues of modern astronomy related to the ‘Early Universe’ and is expected to yield scientific breakthroughs as did its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope. JWST will be a general-purpose observatory with a suite of astronomical infrared-sensitive instruments.
Compared to existing or planned observatories, JWST will have the unique advantage of combining superb image quality throughout a wide wavelength range, a wide field of view and unparalleled photon sensitivity due to its 6.5-metre diameter telescope primary mirror.
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a planned infrared space observatory, the partial successor to the aging Hubble Space Telescope. The JWST will not be a complete successor, because it will not be sensitive to all of the light wavelengths that Hubble can see.
The main scientific goal is to observe the most distant objects in the universe, those beyond the reach of either ground based instruments or the Hubble. The JWST project is a NASA-led international collaboration with contributors in fifteen nations, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Originally called the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), it was renamed in 2002 after NASA’s second administrator, James E. Webb (1906-1992). Webb had headed NASA from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the Johnson administration (1961-68), thus overseeing all the manned launches in the Mercury through Gemini programs, until just before the first manned Apollo flight.
Current plans call for the telescope to be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket in June 2014, on a five-year mission (10 year goal). The JWST will reside in solar orbit near the Sun-Earth L2 point, which is on a line passing from the Sun to the Earth, but about 1.5 million km farther away from the Sun than is the Earth.
This position, which moves around the Sun in exact orbital synchrony with the Earth, will allow JWST to shield itself from infrared from both Sun and Earth, by using a single radiation shield positioned between the telescope and the Sun-Earth direction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope
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Duration : 0:6:42
Ian Morison – 400 Years of the Telescope 1-7
Location:
Museum of London
London
Event Date:
11.26.09
Speakers:
Ian Morison
Summary
A lecture to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first use of a telescope to observe the heavens by Galileo Galilei in 1609.
The lecture charts the development of optical telescopes since then, the subtle ideas that are greatly improving their performance and how they are bringing ever-further parts of the universe within our reach.
01. Introduction
02. Thomas Herriot
03. The Galilean Telescope
04. Charles Messier’s Catalogue
05. Giant Refractors
06. Newton’s Reflecting Telescope
07. The Leviathan of Birr Castle
08. Cepheid Variables and Hubble’s Constant
09. The 200 Inch Telescope
10. Mt. Palomar 48inch Schmidt
11. The National Geographic Sky Survey
12. 161 Megapixel CCD Camera Telescope
13. Adaptive Optics
14. The Hubble Space Telescope
15. The Hubble Heritage
16. Robotic telescopes
17. Interferometers
18. The Future
Duration : 0:9:50
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Tags: Charles Messier's Catalogue, Galileo Galilei, Hubble Space Telescope, Ian Morison, Interferometers, Knowledge, Mt. Palomar, Museum of London, National Geographic Sky Survey, Newton, Observation, optical telescopes, performance, Refractors, Research, Robotic Telescopes, science, Space, telescope, Thomas Herriot, Universe |
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The Orion Nebula (Hidden Universe)
Explore the dusty secrets of the Orion Nebula through Spitzer’s infrared vision.
Duration : 0:2:17
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Tags: astronomy, infrared, nebula, orion, Space, Spitzer, telescope |
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Golden Space Craft filmed Jan 2009 with a 12″ meade telescope.
filmed by john Lenard Walson using a camcorder and 12″ meade telescope jan 2009 Gridkeeper Music channel http://www.youtube.com/gridkeepermusic Latest audio release from Gridkeeper – Moon Transmissions e.p.
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Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet
Hubblecast 22: Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn’s.
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Credit:
- ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
- Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser
- Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada
- Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ)
- Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida
- Written by: Lee Pullen & Lars Lindberg Christensen
- Host: Dr. J
- Narration: Bob Fosbury
- Cinematography: Peter Rixner
- Music: movetwo
- Footage and photos: A. Fujii, Digitized Sky Survey 2, NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley). Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
- Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen
Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy.
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Duration : 0:5:2
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XMM-Newton Space Telescope
After launch from Kourou, French Guiana on 10 December 1999, the European Space Agency’s X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite is the most powerful X-ray telescope ever placed in orbit. Scientists are sure the mission will help solve many cosmic mysteries, ranging from enigmatic black holes to the formation of galaxies.
Many celestial objects generate X-rays in extremely violent processes. But Earth’s atmosphere blocks out these X-rays, messengers of what occurred in the distant past when stars were born or died, and clues to our future. Only by placing X-ray detectors in space can such sources be detected, pinpointed and studied in detail. XMM-Newton, the largest science satellite ever built in Europe, has an unprecedented sensitivity.
XMM-Newton carries three very advanced X-ray telescopes. They each contain 58 high-precision concentric mirrors, delicately nested to offer the largest collecting area possible to catch the elusive X-rays. These Mirror Modules allow XMM-Newton to detect millions of sources, far more than any previous X-ray mission.
Duration : 0:8:41
Night Vision NV Large Slow Moving Space Satillite Captured In The Night Sky Yukon Ranger
Secret Industries Space Theatre Present’s – Large Slow Moving Satillite In The Night Sky, Capture Using Yukon Ranger Night Vision.
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Date: 4th June 2010
Time: 12:17am
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Duration : 0:0:51
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Orion XT10 Dobsonian Overview
new telescope just came in. Hoping to get it viewing soon!
Duration : 0:4:27
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Tags: 10-inch, Dobsonian, Intermediatte, orion, Space, telescope, Viewing, XT10 |
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