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Astronomers Select Top Ten Most Amazing Pictures Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in Last 16 Years
'...they illustrate that our universe is not only deeply strange, but also almost impossibly beautiful.'
Michael Hanlon/AH (Nov 25th, 2006)
After correcting an initial problem with the lens, when
the Hubble Space Telescope was first launched in 1990,
the floating astro-observatory began to relay back to
Earth, incredible snapshots of the 'final frontier' it
was perusing.
Recently, astronauts voted on the top photographs taken
by Hubble, in its 16-year journey so far. Remarking in
the article from the Daily Mail, reporter Michael Hanlon
says the photos 'illustrate that our universe is not
only deeply strange, but also almost impossibly
beautiful.'
Enjoy!
Hubble Telescope's top ten greatest space
photographs. Awesome!!!
The
Sombrero Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth -
was voted best picture taken
by the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the galaxy,
officially called M104, are as spectacular as its
appearance. It has 800 billion suns and is 50,000 light
years across.
The Ant Nebula, a cloud of dust and gas whose technical
name is Mz3, resembles an ant when observed using
ground-based telescopes... The nebula lies within our
galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth.
In third place is Nebula NGC 2392, called 'Eskimo'
because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood.
The hood is, in fact, a ring of comet-shaped objects
flying away from a dying star. Eskimo is 5,000 light
years from Earth.
At four is the Cat's Eye Nebula.
The Hourglass Nebula, 8,000 light years away, has a
'pinched-in-the-middle' look because the winds that
shape it are weaker at the centre.
In sixth place is the Cone Nebula. The part pictured
here is 2.5 light years in length (the equivalent of 23
million return trips to the Moon).
The Perfect Storm, a small region in the Swan Nebula,
5,500 light years away, described as 'a bubbly ocean of
hydrogen and small amounts of oxygen, sulphur and other
elements.
Starry Night, so named because it reminded astronomers
of the Van Gogh painting. It is a halo of light around a
star in the Milky Way.
The glowering eyes from 114 million light years away are
the swirling cores of two merging galaxies called NGC
2207 and IC 2163 in the distant Can is Major
constellation.
The Trifid Nebula. A 'stellar nursery,' 9,000 light
years from here, it is where new stars are being born.
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