AstroBebop » Astrophotography http://www.astrobebop.com/blog Videos on space exploration, space tourism, robotics, astronomy, astrophotography, and aeronautics. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:50:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Happy 20th Birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2010/happy-20th-birthday-to-the-hubble-space-telescope/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2010/happy-20th-birthday-to-the-hubble-space-telescope/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:31:29 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=540 ScienceMagazine — April 24, 2010 — 20 years ago, on the 24 April 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope, a joint NASA-ESA mission. Its discoveries have resulted in, quite probably, the most significant advances in astronomy since Galileo’s telescope…

Source: ScienceMagazine

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Source: youtube.com/astrogirlwest

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The images have been cumulatively added to create this movie that shows the path of the stars through the sky.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/astrogirlwest

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/perseid-meteor-shower-with-star-trails-august-12-2009/feed/ 0 Stunning Portrait of the Milky Way Galaxy http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/stunning-portrait-of-the-milky-way-galaxy/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/stunning-portrait-of-the-milky-way-galaxy/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:34:14 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=475 New image from the NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope

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Source: JPL / NASA

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For more info: http://www.esa.org

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/first-solid-exoplanet-discovered-corot-7b/feed/ 0 Amazing Images: Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/amazing-images-hubble-opens-new-eyes-on-the-universe/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/amazing-images-hubble-opens-new-eyes-on-the-universe/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:37:16 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=421 Scientists have concluded the checkout period for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and now are revealing images showcasing the power of the much-improved observatory. This video chronicles the checkout period after Hubble’s Servicing Mission 4. Also included is the unexpected diversion from the usual calibration procedures to focus the telescope on a possible comet collision on the planet Jupiter.

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/amazing-images-hubble-opens-new-eyes-on-the-universe/feed/ 0 First Images From Reloaded Hubble Telescope http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/first-images-from-reloaded-hubble-telescope/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/first-images-from-reloaded-hubble-telescope/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:17:04 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=418 These are the first images from the Hubble Space Telescope after a billion-dollar repair that included installing new cameras and replacing broken parts. 09.09.09

Source: Associated Press

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Additionally, another Kepler first was achieved in this science data download. The Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) supported Kepler in a shadow-track mode, while the Canberra Deep Space Network site was supporting science data download operations. The ATCA could be used as a possible back-up to the Canberra site in the future for Kepler science operations.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/Kowch737

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/millions-of-earths/feed/ 0 The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/the-hubble-ultra-deep-field-in-3d/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/the-hubble-ultra-deep-field-in-3d/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:29:35 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=386 An animation that was rendered using the measured redshift of all 10,000 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.

Every galaxy in the image is in its proper distance as viewed from the telescope line of sight.

Animation Credit:

Hubble Cosmological Redshift Animation Courtesy:

Mike Gallis

Music Used in this video was purchased from stockmusic.net and belongs to the Spirit Legends Collection.

The tunes used were:

Voice Redo B
Voice in the Dark

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/tdarnell

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