Hubble obtains deepest space view: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field *Sneak preview PIC*

[Analog]

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the deepest view ever of the cosmos, detecting the youngest and most distant galaxies ever seen by astronomers.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the result of an unprecedented, long look of 80 days at just one patch of sky.

According to scientists, the picture reaches back to the Universe's "Dark Ages", before the first stars formed.

The image, which will be released in February, will be a major advance in our understanding of the cosmos.

Beautiful, rich, intriguing

Hubble has been peering at the same point in the heavens since September. Its detailed scrutiny of the region ends on 16 January.

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[Chaotic42]

Cool. We need about 50 HSTs out there.

 

[xSauronx]

i used to have the deep field as my bckground for a while, awesome to think about

 

[TheCorm]

Excellent!

And BBC website strikes again!

 

[Flyermax2k3]

need. better. pic!!!

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Flyermax2k3
need. better. pic!!!

February - its only a sneak peak right now. Methinks the Hubble folks are getting upstaged by the Mars guys.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
i used to have the deep field as my bckground for a while, awesome to think about

They need to have the HBMST, the Hubble Background Making Space Telescope. It can take a picture, put it as a background, and decide if it's cool or not.

 

[AvesPKS]

My God! It's full of stars!

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS
My God! It's full of stars!

Actually, it's not!

According to scientists, the picture reaches back to the Universe's "Dark Ages", before the first stars formed.

 

[EyeMWing]

So where's the picture?

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

link no workie

 

[PowerMacG5]

Those sneak peak pics were cool.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: AvesPKS
My God! It's full of stars!

Actually, it's not!

That's not what they mean. There are indeed stars.

 

[brxndxn]

<homer>AWWW.. I want my new background picture now!</homer>

We need more Hubble-type telescopes.. like.. perhaps putting a big fat telescope on the moon would be a feasible idea.. though, we'd hafta cover it with some sort of force-field (invent it, b1tch!) to keep the space stuff from scuffing it up. I want my own remote-control telescope to control.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: brxndxn
<homer>AWWW.. I want my new background picture now!</homer>

We need more Hubble-type telescopes.. like.. perhaps putting a big fat telescope on the moon would be a feasible idea.. though, we'd hafta cover it with some sort of force-field (invent it, b1tch!) to keep the space stuff from scuffing it up. I want my own remote-control telescope to control.

Hubble's successor will be launched around 2010 from last I heard. It will have significantly more aperture than hubble (light-gathering ability) and it will have an orbit much more distant than Hubble's.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: brxndxn
<homer>AWWW.. I want my new background picture now!</homer>

We need more Hubble-type telescopes.. like.. perhaps putting a big fat telescope on the moon would be a feasible idea.. though, we'd hafta cover it with some sort of force-field (invent it, b1tch!) to keep the space stuff from scuffing it up. I want my own remote-control telescope to control.

Hubble's successor will be launched around 2010 from last I heard. It will have significantly more aperture than hubble (light-gathering ability) and it will have an orbit much more distant than Hubble's.

IIRC, won't the successor also be an array of scopes? Each one more powerful than Hubble, but in the array form they would have even more power? Or am I thinking of another planned telescope?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: brxndxn
<homer>AWWW.. I want my new background picture now!</homer>

We need more Hubble-type telescopes.. like.. perhaps putting a big fat telescope on the moon would be a feasible idea.. though, we'd hafta cover it with some sort of force-field (invent it, b1tch!) to keep the space stuff from scuffing it up. I want my own remote-control telescope to control.

Hubble's successor will be launched around 2010 from last I heard. It will have significantly more aperture than hubble (light-gathering ability) and it will have an orbit much more distant than Hubble's.

How long has the current Hubble been in orbit? How often do they usually update it with new equipment?

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: brxndxn
<homer>AWWW.. I want my new background picture now!</homer>

We need more Hubble-type telescopes.. like.. perhaps putting a big fat telescope on the moon would be a feasible idea.. though, we'd hafta cover it with some sort of force-field (invent it, b1tch!) to keep the space stuff from scuffing it up. I want my own remote-control telescope to control.

Hubble's successor will be launched around 2010 from last I heard. It will have significantly more aperture than hubble (light-gathering ability) and it will have an orbit much more distant than Hubble's.

IIRC, won't the successor also be an array of scopes? Each one more powerful than Hubble, but in the array form they would have even more power? Or am I thinking of another planned telescope?

The official HST succesor is JWST I believe link not array but composed of mirror segments unfortunately

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: AvesPKS
My God! It's full of stars!

Actually, it's not!

According to scientists, the picture reaches back to the Universe's "Dark Ages", before the first stars formed.

But you did get the "2001: A Space Odyssey" reference, right?

 

[TheToOTaLL]

But how do we know this is all real, and not done by NASA's Photoshop team???

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS

But you did get the "2001: A Space Odyssey" reference, right?

I got it, nice one. :beer:

 

[MBony]

The aliens are already among us!!!