The sharpest image ever taken of the spiral galaxy M81

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That sounds too long. Lets cheat and FOLD space. Time = Zero

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Lol yeah that would spare some time.

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I don't understand one thing! If the Hubble can take Hi-Def snapshots of a spiral galaxy that is 11.6 million light years away why is it that we are still viewing black and white photos of the moon? i do believe it is closer than M81 nes pa?
We should have such clear photos that there would be no room for desscusion as to whats on the surface of the moon...

Sorry if i posted this in the wrong place i'm new here just getting familiar

Because believe it or not, the moon is TOO close. The Hubble was designed to focus on objects very far away. It's like using binoculars to look at a flower. It can't focus on something that close, no matter how hard you try.

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Fnatastic image star and flag and will add to my collection, thanks for sharing it.
Here is some info about the spiral--
Galaxy in Ursa Major
NGC 3031 9h 51m.5 +69? 18'
Basic data: Messier 81 has a total magnitude of about 7.9 visually and 8.4 photographically. Its extreme dimensions on photographs are 21-by-10 minutes of arc. This splendid Sb spiral is about 7,000,000 light-years distant, according to Allan Sandage in 1954. As is to be expected for such a relatively galaxy, the red shift is small: 88 kilometers per second.
Visual appearance: In the 5-inch refractor, a beautiful object! As seen in that telescope, M81 has the most strongly granular central region of almost any galaxy. The outer parts are mottled and uneven in brightness and texture.

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Yes It is in fact one of the beautiful image captured. Try to download the .tif file you can spend hours with that big file. Thanks for the details provided in your post.

I...Am.....Speechless

The Universe is too beautiful to ignore.

[edit on 8-5-2008 by CzErased]

A better question would be: “If we have high power surveillance satellites in orbit around the Earth which can be used to read the news paper I am reading in the park, why don’t we have on in orbit around the Moon, Mars and Venus?”

There is no excuse in not having this, it is a crime to science, astronomy and humanity (I don’t like that word; sentience would be a better term). It could reveal some amazing things and also close the whole “Fake” Moon landings Debate.

Hi there.

Just to help clear up a mystery, this image (the one everyone is refering to as a Quasar), is actually TWO COLLIDING galaxies.



Here is a few examples of such a thing.

image source: http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/cahr/20080425/35970-11367.jpg?size=l



This i feel is EXTREMELY similar to the "Quasar" in question...

image source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/heic0810af.jpg


PFFT!! ATS has been having these mantinance problems for over a year now.....quite infuriating.

Right, well heres the link to that image.....
Colliding galaxies

Hope that helps. Cheers

AoN

SWEET! Oh im making that galaxy my wallpaper!