The Deepest Photo Ever Taken 218
Astroturtle writes "Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope's powerful new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) have taken the deepest visible-light image ever made of the sky. The 3.5-day (84-hour) exposure captures stars as faint as 31st magnitude, according to Tom M. Brown (Space Telescope Science Institute), who headed the eight-person team that took the picture."
Re:How? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:3.5 Day Exposure? (Score:5, Insightful)
Streaks (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm just curious here, what are they? I thought maybe it could be a bit of space debris that whizzed in front of the camera, but with an exposure of 3.4 days, the streak would go from one side or another.
What moves that far in 3.4 days? A comet? A meteor? A star?
And that big bright cluster in the lower bottom, what's that? It looks pretty close galaxy-wise.
It's a neat pic for sure, a little blurry, which makes it less jawdropping than other hubble efforts but makes sense for a 3.4 day exposure.
Note - I didn't make any goatse or Uranus crack this whole post. You're welcome.
Very impressed... (Score:3, Insightful)
So awesome it's philosophical. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:It would be interesting to know... (Score:1, Insightful)
Why? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:All in all... (Score:2, Insightful)