Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble!

v2 · Apr 25, 2006

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the shuttle Discovery. Over its 16-year history, Hubble has taken many hundreds of images that have expanded our knowledge of the universe.

Wildcat · Apr 25, 2006

Truely amazing pictures!

Gnomey · Apr 25, 2006

Yeah great pics!

syscom3 · Apr 25, 2006

Ive looked at the specs for the proposed Hubble replacement. The potential resolution would make these pictures seem to be out of focus!

Pisis · Apr 25, 2006

Space is amazing in we're just nothing in it....

Erich · Apr 25, 2006

GOD sure loves to paint !!

great pics

evangilder · Apr 25, 2006

Neat stuff. I really look forward to seeing the shots from its replacement.

the lancaster kicks ass · Apr 29, 2006

they are good pics but why are we celebrating birthdays like the 16th birthday? aint it more normal to celebrate every 5 or 10 years?

lesofprimus · Apr 29, 2006

One of my favorite Hubble pics, shows just how big the Universe is...

Gnomey · Apr 29, 2006

It sure does and just think that is one small part of it...

MichaelHenley · Apr 29, 2006

just how big is your computer display les?

syscom3 · Apr 29, 2006

the lancaster kicks *** said:
they are good pics but why are we celebrating birthdays like the 16th birthday? aint it more normal to celebrate every 5 or 10 years?

16 years in space is a great achievement.

cheddar cheese · Apr 30, 2006

And now its past the age of consent, it can get intimate with other telescopes...

Soren · Apr 30, 2006

One thing worth remembering though is that the pictures taken by Hubble above are infrared pictures, which means it doesn't look the same to the human eye if we ever get that close ourselves, but an amazing sight it is going to be regardless.

Here's an interesting article on the difference between infrared, X-ray, gamma-ray and radio vision compared to our own vision: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/features/ast20apr99_1.htm

Soundbreaker Welch? · May 1, 2006

GOD sure loves to paint !!

We creators are all just copycats of God. God's got the biggest, baddest bomber, thats way more powerful than what we created by the way, to blast us all at judgment day.

syscom3 · May 1, 2006

Soren said:
One thing worth remembering though is that the pictures taken by Hubble above are infrared pictures, which means it doesn't look the same to the human eye if we ever get that close ourselves, but an amazing sight it is going to be regardless.

Here's an interesting article on the difference between infrared, X-ray, gamma-ray and radio vision compared to our own vision: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/features/ast20apr99_1.htm

Those pictures are in visible wavelength. The Hubble doesnt use IR sensors. Some of the pictures are color enhanced or partially color shifted to enhance visibility.

Soren · May 2, 2006

syscom3 said:
Those pictures are in visible wavelength. The Hubble doesnt use IR sensors. Some of the pictures are color enhanced or partially color shifted to enhance visibility.

Nope syscom3, the Hubble telescope does actually take infrared pictures with a camera called the NICMOS, here are some more pictures taken by this camera:

syscom3 · May 2, 2006

Youre right. I was thinking of the other instruments.

Pisis · May 3, 2006

Yeah how big is your screen Les? I had to shift the bar three times to achieve the end of that pic horizontally... I'm running 1280x1024...

Soren · May 4, 2006

One more Infrared picture taken by Hubble:

Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble!

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