New Messier 9 Photo from the Hubble

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Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 205 Credit: 2,700,518 RAC: 2,492	Message 1207738 - Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 4:49:01 UTC Last modified: 19 Mar 2012, 5:04:04 UTC
	This is absolutely spectacular. Anybody that can look at this and believe that we are alone is not thinking. The cluster is called Messier 9 and is a spherical cloud about 25,000 light-years from Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope is powerful enough to make out more than 250,000 individual stars in Messier 9 shown in a new picture released today (03/16/2012). The bluer points indicate hotter stars, while the redder stars are cooler. WARNING: File size is 10MB.This new photo (Click HERE) is the most high-resolution image ever taken of Messier 9 with many details of the stars visible. The whole image spans an area no bigger than the size of the head of a pin held at arm's length. Full size photo (36MB) in TIF format is located HERE. ____________
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Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 2677 Credit: 1,504,413 RAC: 1,228	Message 1209727 - Posted: 24 Mar 2012, 17:40:42 UTC Last modified: 24 Mar 2012, 17:52:09 UTC
	Tom, all I can say here is that, "This is really something different". All this and only occupying an area of sky equivalent to that of a pinhead held at arms length. I've always been a proponent of the belief that we are alone in this universe....Hmm! perhaps I need a rethink? To think that today someone out their in that mass of starts, etc, could be looking back at our clump now and saying, "Anybody that can look at this and believe that we are alone is not thinking"...now they would be right in stating this. ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.
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Michel448a Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Oct 00 Posts: 1136 Credit: 2,858,471 RAC: 69	Message 1209729 - Posted: 24 Mar 2012, 17:47:28 UTC
	try to count the number of dots in that ^^ ____________
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Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 2677 Credit: 1,504,413 RAC: 1,228	Message 1209732 - Posted: 24 Mar 2012, 17:50:40 UTC - in response to Message 1209727. Last modified: 24 Mar 2012, 17:55:35 UTC
	100 gillion-trillion-billion...+ or - 10% ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.
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Mike Sebrey Send message Joined: 10 May 99 Posts: 101 Credit: 4,998,955 RAC: 6,036	Message 1209765 - Posted: 24 Mar 2012, 19:30:23 UTC
	Hubble continues to amaze me. I will be sad when it's decommissioned. ____________ Fortymile Photo
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Duane Send message Joined: 23 Jun 08 Posts: 101 Credit: 1,131,111 RAC: 0	Message 1209932 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 2:24:20 UTC - in response to Message 1209765.
	Hubble continues to amaze me. I will be sad when it's decommissioned. Don't worry, there will be something new and improved to replace it.
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Sakletare Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 124 Credit: 17,070,127 RAC: 13,328	Message 1209939 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 2:43:43 UTC - in response to Message 1209765.
	Hubble continues to amaze me. I will be sad when it's decommissioned. Originally the plan was to bring Hubble home in a Space Shuttle after it is decommissioned to be displayed in a museum, because of the groundbreaking science. But after the Columbia disaster it was deemed not worth the risk. However, Hubble outlived the Space Shuttle anyway. Hopefully you will not miss Hubble too much when the James Webb Space Telescope is operational.
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Mike Sebrey Send message Joined: 10 May 99 Posts: 101 Credit: 4,998,955 RAC: 6,036	Message 1209945 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 3:54:02 UTC - in response to Message 1209939.
	I know there are replacements in the works that will most likely boggle the mind but I look at Hubble with the same fondness as my first motorcycle or auto. All took me on journeys that hold a special place. I would have liked to see Hubble in the Air and Space Museum. ____________ Fortymile Photo
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Michel448a Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Oct 00 Posts: 1136 Credit: 2,858,471 RAC: 69	Message 1209958 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 4:56:49 UTC
	bah me i hope they will still both there , facing totally different directions :S ____________
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22686 Credit: 4,507,449 RAC: 5,877	Message 1209998 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 12:55:59 UTC
	I would have liked to see Hubble in the Air and Space Museum. Blame Obama and the USA Government. If they hadn't scrapped the shuttles we could have brought it home. There should be a law that says politics shouldn't mess with Science !!! ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA Member, 1st Childhood
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2894 Credit: 259,031 RAC: 334	Message 1210084 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 17:35:08 UTC
	There is no need to bring down Hubble as long as it can give results. Many NASA satellites and probes have outlived their planned time and are still giving science. Long live Hubble! Tullio ____________
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Sakletare Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 124 Credit: 17,070,127 RAC: 13,328	Message 1210098 - Posted: 25 Mar 2012, 18:20:23 UTC - in response to Message 1210084.
	There is no need to bring down Hubble as long as it can give results. Many NASA satellites and probes have outlived their planned time and are still giving science. Long live Hubble! Tullio They will not shut Hubble down as long as there is still good science to be had, it's such a large investment and they want their moneys worth. But Hubble hasn't got many years life left. The goal for the final servicing mission was to extend the life to 2014. It might hang on for a few more years, perhaps until 2018 when the James Webb is scheduled to launch. The current plan is to deorbit Hubble using a robotic mission somewhere around 2025, before the orbit has degraded enough for an uncontrolled reentry. Although, it is a bit unfair to make everything a question about Hubble and James Webb. There's several space telescopes, for example the Herschel Space Observatory. And modern ground based telescopes using adaptive optics can now take better pictures in visible light than the Hubble, for less cost. But Hubble is the most iconic telescope, the superstar of telescopes. No doubt about it.
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