Gawain 0 #1 March 10, 2004 Two clicky's following. The Hubble Space Telescope did a follow-on to the "Deep Field" shots it took several years ago with the "Ultra Deep Field" pictures which took 1 million seconds of exposure and 400 orbits around the earth. News Clicky Pictures Clicky The pics are amazing. They have some high-res jpegs and tiffs (60-100MB) available for download too. The article mentions 13 billion light years. Amazing... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #2 March 10, 2004 Rep Babs Mulkulski (D-MD) was on hand to stump for keeping the Hubble going. Closing down the Eye to the Universe is short-sighted (no pun intended) mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kramer 0 #3 March 10, 2004 Man that's absolutely incredible. I did the math, a million seconds is about 11 days. I wonder what they could find if they left it exposed for like a month or so...maybe it doesn't work like that, I dunno. Either way, it's incredible looking at a picture knowing you could travel at it at the speed of light and it would take 13 billion years to get there. The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallman 0 #4 March 10, 2004 I thought this was gonna be one of those, "so i was sittin around drinkin and doin drugs" stories... woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #5 March 10, 2004 QuoteI thought this was gonna be one of those, "so i was sittin around drinkin and doin drugs" stories... I think the subject would be simpler: "I saw God" or something like that... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,875 #6 March 10, 2004 >I wonder what they could find if they left it exposed for like a month or so... Not much more. The age of the universe is around 15 billion years. That means the universe is less than 30 billion light-years across; you're never gonna see any further than that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #7 March 10, 2004 Bill: I've got a question. The hubble was pointed south for this. How far could we see if it was pointed north? Would we only be able to see, for example, 10 billion light years? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJohnson 0 #8 March 10, 2004 The article I read said something about the next telescope would see in a different spectrum and would see farther, that this is about the limit of the Hubble. Something about what they are seeing is the fast moving galaxies and that their light is being stretched and turned into infared. That if that is true, the Hubble is seeing the most it can and the next one being sent up will be able to actually see closer to the big bang.JJ "Call me Darth Balls" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjf98 0 #9 March 11, 2004 Quote>I wonder what they could find if they left it exposed for like a month or so... Not much more. The age of the universe is around 15 billion years. That means the universe is less than 30 billion light-years across; you're never gonna see any further than that. So what's beyond that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #10 March 11, 2004 ey there the rub! _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,875 #11 March 11, 2004 >So what's beyond that? Nothing, by all indications. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 79 #12 March 11, 2004 Quote>So what's beyond that? Nothing, by all indications. Define 'nothing'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,875 #13 March 11, 2004 >Define 'nothing'. Nothing; no energy or matter. If you could somehow get there (which you can't) you'd see nothing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifics 0 #14 March 11, 2004 Those are some amazing pictures, it all looks so small like you could touch it.. Its amazing to think that those dots and spirals hold galaxies and planets... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 79 #15 March 11, 2004 Quote>Define 'nothing'. Nothing; no energy or matter. If you could somehow get there (which you can't) you'd see nothing. I could ask you to define 'there' but I expect that would be pushing it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
