“A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a cathedral.” We know more about our universe than we ever have thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope’s clear crisp photos of objects far away in space. “Earth’s atmosphere alters and blocks the light that comes from space. Hubble orbits above Earth’s atmosphere‚ which gives it a better view of the universe than telescopes have at ground level.” (NASA‚ 2009)
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BIOGRAPHY OF EDWIN HUBBLE Born in Marshfield‚ Missouri on November 20‚1889. Living with both of his parents and his seven siblings. At a young age he particularly enjoyed science‚ especially reading science fiction novels by Jules Verne. Particularly 20‚000 Leagues Under the Sea‚ and From the Earth to the Moon. At the age of 10 Hubble‚ and his family moved to Chicago‚Illinois. There he attend school and later to University
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The Hubble Telescope The Hubble Telescope is an orbiting telescope that provides clear images from space. It is a reflecting telescope and gathers light with a mirror 94 inches in diameter. It is named after an American Astronomer‚ Edwin Hubble who made important astronomic discoveries in the 1920’s. Pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope include: stars surrounded by disks‚ galaxies‚ colliding galaxies‚ and evidence that most galaxies have black holes in their centre. The Hubble Telescope is
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(Jenner). The Hubble telescope is a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain reflector. As light is gathered‚ it travels through a “tube fitted with baffles” designed to keep out stray light. The light is then reflected off a concave mirror composed of “ultra-low expansion glass” that is constantly kept at room temperature. The mirror was ground to have reflecting surfaces of the precise shape (“Hubble’s Amazing Optics”). The Hubble Space Telescope has a focal length of 189 feet (Elert). In 1993 the Hubble Telescope
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Edwin Hubble In this adventure they look will be taken at Edwin Hubble. This look will be into three major areas of his life. His personal life how he grew up‚ whether he married and had children. Also‚ an investigation will be taken to look into his background specifically how he got started in the field of astronomy. Finally‚ there will be a look into what contributions he has made to the field of astronomy. Edwin Hubble would forever change the way astronomy was understood. He would also be a
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THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Telescopes have only been around for about 400 years. Since then‚ they have evolved quickly and helped astronomers make remarkable discoveries. Ground based telescopes were the first‚ but we needed a way to observe the cosmos in the vacuum of space‚ without the light pollution and atmosphere of earth. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was the tool that helped propel astronomy to the next level. It has helped us understand the universe in new ways‚ but Hubble
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In April of 2015‚ the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated the 25th anniversary of its launch from the Kennedy Space Center in 1990. Despite its success‚ Hubble has seen its share of setbacks throughout its history. Astronomer Lyman Spitzer Jr. first conceived the idea of a telescope in space in 1947‚ but it took another thirty years before it came true (Overbye). After twelve years of building‚ Hubble was ready‚ and was set to launch in 1983. However‚ technical delays forced the launch to be pushed
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The Tunnel A British short story published in 1982 Becoming adult is a difficult process. While you are in a stage when you have to find yourself‚ which can be very hard itself‚ you also want to be on your own. Entering adulthood often implies rebellion within different fields. When we are starting to create our own identity‚ we are young naive and people you are great within the beginning often go in a completely different direction. Often because of our totally different backgrounds. In “The
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Hubble Space Telescope The telescope would become the indispensable instrument for investigations of the cosmos. Bigger and better telescopes were built all over the world. Planets‚ stars‚ and nebulae which could not be seen by the naked eye were now being routinely noted and logged. Such is the case with the fantastic discoveries for which the Hubble Space Telescope has been responsible during the twentieth century. Had it not been for the creation of such a monumental piece of scientific machinery
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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched after a two-year delay on April 24th‚ 1990 from the space shuttle Discovery. This telescope has a length of 13.2 meters and a weight at launch that was 11‚110 kg. It is a space-based optical reflective telescope that observes distant and faint objects. (NASA) One of the most important discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope has to be that it has revealed the age of the universe to be 13 to 14 billion years old‚ this was a huge improvement from the earth based
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