dasa 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2002 'Best ever images of distant universe' released Astronomers say a camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has taken some of the best ever images of the distant universe. A single shot from the Advanced Camera for Surveys shows 6,000 discernible galaxies or fragments of galaxies. The image of the so-called Tadpole shows two colliding galaxies 420 million light years away. The collision between a smaller galaxy and a larger star swarm left a trail of stars and gas stretching for 280,000 light years. The background of the photo shows the galaxies in various stages of evolution over the past 13 billion years. Holland Ford, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University, said: "The ACS is opening a wide new window on to the universe." The lead scientist for the new camera added: "These are among the best images of the distant universe humans have ever seen." Story filed: 19:18 Tuesday 30th April 2002 Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this monstrous object is actually an innocuous pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) -- so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape -- this giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. (AP Photo/NASA) - Apr 30 12:29 PM ET A watercolor fantasyland? No. It's actually an image of the center of the Omega Nebula, a hotbed of newly born stars wrapped in colorful blankets of glowing gas and cradled in an enormous cold, dark hydrogen cloud. This stunning picture was taken April 1 and 2, 2002 by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The region of the nebula shown in this photograph is about 3,500 times wider than our solar system. The nebula, also called M17 and the Swan Nebula, resides 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. (AP Photo/NASA) - Apr 30 12:29 PM ET [This message has been edited by dasa (edited 05-01-2002).] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted May 1, 2002 WOW! If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once in the sky, their radiance might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal form. O all-pervading Visnu, seeing You with Your many radiant colors touching the sky....I can no longer maintain my steadiness or equilibrium of mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gHari 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2002 Who cannot be humble when the material universe alone is so incredibly awesome? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted May 1, 2002 O great one,greater even than Brahma,You are the original creator.Why then should they not off their respectful obeisances unto You?O limitless one,God of gods, refuge of the universe!You are the invincible source, the cause of all causes,transcendental to this material manifestation. Bg 11.37 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pratyatosa Dasa 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2002 Originally posted by gHari: Who cannot be humble when the material universe alone is so incredibly awesome? Very good point! "Einstein found himself increasingly humbled and awed—closer to God—the more he learned about science and the laws of the universe." ( http://www.sunshinepress.com/ptd-text.htm ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avinash 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2002 The galaxies are 420 million light years from Earth. So, the photographs takes by Hubble telescope show something that happened 420 million years before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
