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Hubble Telescope's top ten greatest space photographs. 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 (as of 2006).
1.)
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.
2.)
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.
3.) The Nebula NGC 2392, called '
Eskimo' , 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.
4.) the
Cat's Eye Nebula.
5.) 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.
6.) the
Cone Nebula. The part pictured here is 2.5 light years in length
(the equivalent of 23 million return trips to the Moon).
7.)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'.
8.)
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.
9.) The glowering eyes from 114 million light years away are the swirling cores of two
merging galaxies called NGC 2207 and IC 2163 [/color]in the distant Canis Major constellation.
10.)The
Trifid Nebula. A 'stellar nursery', 9,000 light years from here, it is where new stars are being born.
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