Starship Asterisk*

tho not an APOD subject just as important to us all
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060624/ap_ ... ra_problem

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Hubble's ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys), it's primary imaging instrument, has failed. NASA brainiacs are still trying to see if they can fix the problem. Hopefully they'll get it back into working order.

Hello All

Thanks Qev

I cannot wait for the extra large telescope in 2011.

This will give us images that will open and close many theories.

I may have people saying ,,,,,,,,,,well harry I told you so,,,,,,,,,,or people saying what ever.

My wife always has the opposite theory.
Thats why she is on Venus and I'm on Mars.

This from a couple of days ago.

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The Hubble Space Telescope's main camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys, began taking observations again late on Sunday after it had been offline for nearly two weeks.

The ACS shut itself down on 19 June when it suffered a problem with its low-voltage power supply. But the camera has a backup power supply, and on Friday, NASA engineers sent commands to switch to this system.

The camera sprang back to life that same day, and late on Sunday, it began taking observations again. "Everything seems normal," says Bruce Margon, at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Maryland, US, which manages Hubble's observations.

http://www.newscientistspace.com/articl ... work-.html

harry wrote:
I cannot wait for the extra large telescope in 2011.

This will give us images that will open and close many theories.

Thanks Harry! I didn't know about the Hubble replacement. I found out about it, I hope it proves you right!

... the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble's successor, which would be launched in 2011. JWST will be designed to view objects in visible light and infrared, and its mirror will have six times the area of Hubble's mirror. Its goal is to study the first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe. JWST will operate 1 million miles (1.5 million km) away from the Earth, and will not be serviceable from orbit.

oops schedule slip:

Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, which has been contracted to Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people ), isn’t scheduled for launch until 2013.


http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/future/
and
http://www.forbes.com/infoimaging/2006/ ... ubble.html

Hello ColoradoSky

It is not important that i'm right or wrong.

What is important is the facts. So that most of us do not keep going around in circles.


The question is once some theories are resolved.

What are we going to discuss?

http://www.eso.org/projects/owl/OWL_design.html

I'm looking foreward to this one

the OverWhelmingly Large telescope

new from Hubble!
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsde ... s/2006/36/
camera back on line.
Orin

Hello Orin


Re http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsde ... 6/36/full/

The galaxy cluster is 9 billion years away.

Its over 20 billion years old,,,,,,,,,,in my opinion

Every time I see images like these,,,,,,,,,,,,,I move away from the BBT.

harry wrote:Hello Orin


Re http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsde ... 6/36/full/

The galaxy cluster is 9 billion years away.

Its over 20 billion years old,,,,,,,,,,in my opinion

Every time I see images like these,,,,,,,,,,,,,I move away from the BBT.

At the cost of going off-topic: where does the 20-billion-year-plus figure come from? that link doesn't mention anything about age.

Hello Pete

20 billion in my opinion is not an over estimate. It is alos my opinion from other readings and comparison. To form a galaxy cluster like this it would take over, much over 20 billion years.

I agree its not a fact because I have not supported it with any evidence.

If I get time I will follow it up.

Good pick up.

Hubble's latest! http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ It's good to have Hubble working and giving us pictures and information like this. I only hope funds can be found to maintain this wonderful space camera. Future space cameras may take Hubble's place; but until then, I'd like to see Hubble still in operation.
Orin