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Hubble Takes 100,000th Picture 7

Posted by michael from the buy-two-prints,-get-5x7-free dept.
Defector!!! writes: "Seems that the Hubble has hit 100,000. Oh, and it also found some direct evidence of colliding galaxies too..."
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  • Hubble is one of those great things in that it does give us lots of scientific data whilst still apealing to the "oooh nice photos" public who fund it via their taxes.

    ps congrats to the people who run it
  • Wow, what a great shot. The Space Telescope Science Institude has their own news item [stsci.edu] with some _nice_ hi-res versions.

    Hats off to the Hubble project. This has certainly been one of the most successful and productive NASA projects of the last decade or so.

    • The greatest success that NASA has had with Hubble goes beyond the valuable scientific data that is collected. Instead, the breathtaking images that are released to the public in the form of downloadable images that are perfect for desktop work, or in the form of posters for public consumption, get the average Joe excited about outer space again.

      Once the populous gets excited about NASA then the funding starts pouring in again.

      • Good point. Aside from mounds of scientific data, amazing high-res images of the universe are something the general public can certainly understand and appreciate.
  • Note, that 100,000 figure is just for the specific camera on Hubble, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).

    Doug
  • You would think that after that much time.... guess a shudderbug is not at the helm.

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