Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10

Dantheman62 · 10-31-2008, 08:52 PM

After overcoming a glitch that had forced science operations to cease, operators wasted no time in using the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph another stunning cosmic scene.

The new image, released today, shows an odd pair of galaxies called Arp 147.

In the image, a galaxy at left looks somewhat like the number "1" and is relatively undisturbed, but for a smooth ring of starlight. It appears nearly edge-on to our line of sight. A galaxy at right, looking like a "zero," exhibits a clumpy, blue ring of intense star formation.

Mission officials suggested the image is a perfect "10." It shows that the observatory's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is working exactly as it did before going offline.

The blue ring was formed after the galaxy on the left passed through the galaxy on the right. Just as a pebble thrown into a pond creates an outwardly moving circular wave, or ripples, an outwardly propagating ring of higher density was generated at the point of impact of the two galaxies, astronomers explained. As this excess density collided with outer material that was moving inwards due to the gravitational pull of the two galaxies, shocks and dense gas were produced, stimulating star formation.

The dusty reddish knot at the lower left of the blue ring probably marks the location of the original nucleus of the galaxy that was hit.

Arp 147 appears in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, compiled by Halton Arp in the 1960s and published in 1966.

Arp 147 lies in the constellation of Cetus, more than 400 million light-years from Earth.

Bouncing back

The Sept. 27 failure of a vital data relay channel left the 18-year-old Hubble telescope unable to transmit the bulk of its science data and imagery. The channel, the Side A relay of Hubble's Science Instrument Control and Data Handling system, had been working properly since the telescope launched in April 1990.

Efforts to switch to a backup Side B channel last week met with challenges of their own, with two separate glitches thwarting the initial attempt. But a second try appears to have been successful, with Hubble engineers reactivating the telescope's main science instruments over the last week.

The remote control fix required engineers to power up and switch to backup systems that had been hibernating since Hubble launched into space.

Hubble's September data relay channel failure prompted NASA to delay a planned Oct. 14 space shuttle launch to send seven astronauts to the orbital observatory on a fifth and final service call to the telescope. That mission is now slated to fly no earlier than February, with Hubble engineers testing a spare data relay channel to see if it can be added to the shuttle's cargo bay and be installed during the flight.

Hubble officials are expected to give an update today at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) on plans for the servicing mission. The service call is expected to include five spacewalks to add a new camera, upgrade guidance equipment, replace aging batteries and gyroscopes, deliver a docking ring and include repairs for systems never designed to be repaired in space.

The final Hubble overhaul is expected to extend the space telescope's mission lifetime through at least 2013, mission managers have said.

Brinty · 10-31-2008, 10:14 PM

Have a look at it here:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...08/37/image/a/

Dantheman62 · 10-31-2008, 10:22 PM

Thanks B, very nice!, I was in a hurry to start all these threads because I was trying to bury another one, ah nevermind, it's a long story.

Brinty · 11-01-2008, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

I was in a hurry to start all these threads because I was trying to bury another one, ah nevermind, it's a long story.

Oooooh! Was it properly dead?

If not, will it come back to haunt you?

PodWORLD · 11-01-2008, 12:12 AM

Come on Dan. Tell us the 'true' murky details of the threads possible disappearance. We could have another Raymond Chandler type thread of accusations, shadowy characters and if we're lucky- a beautiful femme fatale.

Dantheman62 · 11-01-2008, 12:35 AM

I guess you didn't see THE thread, I know Brinty did!, shall we say, project porn!, I was trying to inject a whole bunch of new threads to push that one down, but it didn't work.

PodWORLD · 11-01-2008, 12:42 AM

You're right I did just post a flippant answer without knowing what the hell was going on.

Nice image from Hubble though. It's amazing how super large things look sub atomic.

Time for the professor to turn into Buddy Love. Project porn you say.....

Dantheman62 · 11-01-2008, 12:51 AM

Yeah, you had to be there!HaHa, some guy was mad I guess and posted a bunch of porn pics., but he was cut off quickly!

PodWORLD · 11-01-2008, 01:00 AM

He must have been the Anti-Zorgon. I hear if they touch its KABOOM!

Dantheman62 · 11-01-2008, 01:22 AM

Funny, see ya, Dan

conjuredUp · 11-01-2008, 01:39 AM

Am I the only one who thinks that looks like a stargate?
How effin beautiful!

:-)

Basel · 11-01-2008, 05:15 PM

Here's one for you although not taken with hubble LOL

THE eXchanger · 11-01-2008, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

it's a long story.

YES, it was a long story

quite a "log"

i am sure glad,
that i am NOT part of its intended "plot" line,
i sure hope to NEVER encounter anything
that large

i am still positive it was a "trick"...
i can NOT imagine anything like that being a "treat"

love
susan
the eXchanger

seekntruth · 11-02-2008, 01:47 AM

Excellent! Truly amazing images from Hubble yet again. Thanks for posting the link and information.

11-20-2008, 07:36 AM

That's great news that Hubble's prime camera is back in business. Hubble's been in orbit for almost 19yrs!. With all the stuff happening within our solar system and beyond, imagine all the good photos they have on hand that will never go public, at least for a while. They propably have some really good photos of Nibiru!

Anyways, i got our good ole sun here to warm me up

sorry! the image proved to be too large.. so here is the link:
http://www.egmeister.com/the-sun-blue.jpg

10-31-2008, 08:52 PM	#1
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 After overcoming a glitch that had forced science operations to cease, operators wasted no time in using the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph another stunning cosmic scene. The new image, released today, shows an odd pair of galaxies called Arp 147. In the image, a galaxy at left looks somewhat like the number "1" and is relatively undisturbed, but for a smooth ring of starlight. It appears nearly edge-on to our line of sight. A galaxy at right, looking like a "zero," exhibits a clumpy, blue ring of intense star formation. Mission officials suggested the image is a perfect "10." It shows that the observatory's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is working exactly as it did before going offline. The blue ring was formed after the galaxy on the left passed through the galaxy on the right. Just as a pebble thrown into a pond creates an outwardly moving circular wave, or ripples, an outwardly propagating ring of higher density was generated at the point of impact of the two galaxies, astronomers explained. As this excess density collided with outer material that was moving inwards due to the gravitational pull of the two galaxies, shocks and dense gas were produced, stimulating star formation. The dusty reddish knot at the lower left of the blue ring probably marks the location of the original nucleus of the galaxy that was hit. Arp 147 appears in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, compiled by Halton Arp in the 1960s and published in 1966. Arp 147 lies in the constellation of Cetus, more than 400 million light-years from Earth. Bouncing back The Sept. 27 failure of a vital data relay channel left the 18-year-old Hubble telescope unable to transmit the bulk of its science data and imagery. The channel, the Side A relay of Hubble's Science Instrument Control and Data Handling system, had been working properly since the telescope launched in April 1990. Efforts to switch to a backup Side B channel last week met with challenges of their own, with two separate glitches thwarting the initial attempt. But a second try appears to have been successful, with Hubble engineers reactivating the telescope's main science instruments over the last week. The remote control fix required engineers to power up and switch to backup systems that had been hibernating since Hubble launched into space. Hubble's September data relay channel failure prompted NASA to delay a planned Oct. 14 space shuttle launch to send seven astronauts to the orbital observatory on a fifth and final service call to the telescope. That mission is now slated to fly no earlier than February, with Hubble engineers testing a spare data relay channel to see if it can be added to the shuttle's cargo bay and be installed during the flight. Hubble officials are expected to give an update today at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) on plans for the servicing mission. The service call is expected to include five spacewalks to add a new camera, upgrade guidance equipment, replace aging batteries and gyroscopes, deliver a docking ring and include repairs for systems never designed to be repaired in space. The final Hubble overhaul is expected to extend the space telescope's mission lifetime through at least 2013, mission managers have said.

10-31-2008, 10:14 PM	#2
Brinty Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,004	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Have a look at it here: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...08/37/image/a/

10-31-2008, 10:22 PM	#3
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Thanks B, very nice!, I was in a hurry to start all these threads because I was trying to bury another one, ah nevermind, it's a long story.

11-01-2008, 12:12 AM	#5
PodWORLD Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 171	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Come on Dan. Tell us the 'true' murky details of the threads possible disappearance. We could have another Raymond Chandler type thread of accusations, shadowy characters and if we're lucky- a beautiful femme fatale.

11-01-2008, 12:35 AM	#6
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 I guess you didn't see THE thread, I know Brinty did!, shall we say, project porn!, I was trying to inject a whole bunch of new threads to push that one down, but it didn't work.

11-01-2008, 12:42 AM	#7
PodWORLD Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 171	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 You're right I did just post a flippant answer without knowing what the hell was going on. Nice image from Hubble though. It's amazing how super large things look sub atomic. Time for the professor to turn into Buddy Love. Project porn you say.....

11-01-2008, 12:51 AM	#8
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Yeah, you had to be there!HaHa, some guy was mad I guess and posted a bunch of porn pics., but he was cut off quickly!

11-01-2008, 01:00 AM	#9
PodWORLD Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 171	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 He must have been the Anti-Zorgon. I hear if they touch its KABOOM!

11-01-2008, 01:22 AM	#10
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Funny, see ya, Dan

11-01-2008, 01:39 AM	#11
conjuredUp Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: beyond the sun... Posts: 253	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Am I the only one who thinks that looks like a stargate? How effin beautiful! :-)

11-01-2008, 05:15 PM	#12
Basel Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Here's one for you although not taken with hubble LOL

11-02-2008, 01:47 AM	#14
seekntruth Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 78	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 Excellent! Truly amazing images from Hubble yet again. Thanks for posting the link and information.

11-20-2008, 07:36 AM	#15
Nebula Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 That's great news that Hubble's prime camera is back in business. Hubble's been in orbit for almost 19yrs!. With all the stuff happening within our solar system and beyond, imagine all the good photos they have on hand that will never go public, at least for a while. They propably have some really good photos of Nibiru! Anyways, i got our good ole sun here to warm me up sorry! the image proved to be too large.. so here is the link: http://www.egmeister.com/the-sun-blue.jpg Last edited by Nebula; 11-20-2008 at 07:46 AM.