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HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER (STScI-PR06-37)
"INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT" wrote in message ... EMBARGOED UNTIL: 2:00 pm (EDT) August 17, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington Phone: 202-358-1726/1237 Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. (Phone: 410-338-4493; E-mail: ) Lars Lindberg Christensen ESA/Hubble, Garching, Germany (Phone: 011-49-89-3200-6306; E-mail: ) Harvey Richer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Phone: 604-822-4134 [office], 011-420-7761-796-56 [cell phone], 011-420-261-177-075 [IAU Press Office]; E-mail: ) PRESS RELEASE NO.: STScI-PR06-37 HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER That's a really cool image. I haven't counted them, but there are a whole lot of galaxies in that image behind the GC. George |
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HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER (STScI-PR06-37)
That's a really cool image. I haven't counted them, but there are a whole lot of galaxies in that image behind the GC. But compare with the Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field. For me, those are the most profoundly interesting Hubble images, since they convey the stunning size of the universe in a semi-comprehesible fashion. Too many damned stars in the way in the glob! After seeing the Deep Field images, I always thought the 2001: A Space Oddesey line should have been "My God! It's full of galaxies!" Come to think of it, that might make a good signature file tagline. mx |
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HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER (STScI-PR06-37)
"mx" wrote in message oups.com... That's a really cool image. I haven't counted them, but there are a whole lot of galaxies in that image behind the GC. But compare with the Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field. Why? There isn't any comparison, really, and I wasn't suggesting that there was. The thing is, how many images of globular clusters are around that show galaxies directly behind them? For me, those are the most profoundly interesting Hubble images, since they convey the stunning size of the universe in a semi-comprehesible fashion. Too many damned stars in the way in the glob! After seeing the Deep Field images, I always thought the 2001: A Space Oddesey line should have been "My God! It's full of galaxies!" Come to think of it, that might make a good signature file tagline. mx lol. George |
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