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new hardware and make repairs to the aging observatory. The upgrades
were a sucess. To prove it NASA today released spectacular first
images from the rejuvenated Great Observatory. Get the full
story from Science@NASA.
Just How Good is the "New" Hubble? Let's Compare
Hubble images of the Omega Centauri starfield from 2002, left, and from 2009, right.
"This marks a new beginning for Hubble," said Ed Weiler, associate
administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at today's press
briefing at NASA Headquarters to showcase the images from Hubble
following Servicing Mission 4. "The telescope was given an extreme makeover and is now significantly more powerful
than ever — well equipped to last well into the next decade."
But how much more powerful is Hubble? Are there any discernible
differences between the old images from Hubble and the new ones
released today? You better believe it. Above is the star field of Omega Centauri before (2002) and after (2009).
See more comparisons below.
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Hubble Wows With New Images
Butterfly emerges from new Hubble images. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
Hubble is back! The wait is over and here are the new pictures from the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope.
Above is an image taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new camera
aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, installed by NASA astronauts in
May 2009, during the servicing mission to upgrade and repair the
19-year-old Hubble telescope. This is a planetary nebula, catalogued as
NGC 6302, but more popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly
Nebula.
NGC 6302 lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. The glowing gas is the star’s
outer layers, expelled over about 2,200 years. The "butterfly"
stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the
distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.
And there's more!
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GO HERE to view 58 NEW Images..
at: www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/hubbles_mo.
Out of this world: Amazing outer space discoveries
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This
image shows the top of the 3-light-year-long pillar, bathed in the glow
of light from hot, massive stars. Scorching radiation and fast winds
(streams of charged particles) from these stars are sculpting the
pillar and causing new stars to form within it. (NASA)
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