Hubble's Deepest-Ever View of the Universe

[SirUlli]

Hubble's Deepest-Ever View of the Universe to be Unveiled on March 9

Several hundred orbits of NASA Hubble Space Telescope time have been allocated to making the deepest-ever view of the visible universe. This Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) is equivalent to a one-million-second-long photographic exposure and will be unveiled at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. on Tues., March 9, 2004.

This historic image is expected to take astronomers to 'within a stone's throw' of the the big bang itself, unveiling the first galaxies that emerged from the end of the cosmological "dark ages" shortly after the big bang, or when the universe was about 5 percent of its present age.

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field as observed with Hubble's two premier cameras, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), will be unveiled to the news media and public on March 9, 2004 during a live webcast starting at 9:00 am (EST) 15:00 CET at:

Live Webcam

more info on Hubble Homepage

Sir Ulli

 

[Overkiller]

Wow,

I'm awaiting for this image. be sure to post it once it arrives

as always, great post SirUlli

 

[TAandy]

Thanks for that info Ulli

 

[amdxborg]

Awesome!

Thanx SirUlli!!!

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Overkiller
Wow,

I'm awaiting for this image. be sure to post it once it arrives

as always, great post SirUlli

:camera:

 

[Bleep]

The Hubble is a great asset to our science. I do not understand why it was ever considered to quit maintaining it and letting it die.

Bleep

 

[Mad Pierre]

Great find.

 

[Wiz]

Go to the Hubble homepage, then maneuver to the pictures.

Or go here... (direct to Ames Mirror of the site)

 

[conjur]

WOW


just




WOW

 

[amdxborg]

Yeah this is a GREAT pic!!! Awesome...

And one for us SETI guys...seems this pic says a real weird signal was found...:Q

 

[Spacehead]

This may just beat the Hubble Deep Field North as one of the most awesome pics i've ever seen, astro wise

 

[Idoxash]

I got the huge 28 meg TIF image ! Wow you could zoom up into it dang good with it. Wish they had a BMP version thoe ~~~ Took me 4 hrs to download this 28 meg one

--Idoxash

 

[MGallik]

I just downloaded the 109 meg tiff.

It took me almost 7 minutes at 309 KB/Sec, Geez!

 

[Evadman]

where is the 100 meg tif? I can't find it. I bow to your leet searching abilities. Please Sir MGallik, show me the Light!

 

[onelin]

That is friggin' cool! I am downloading the TIFF Now as well...

Evadman: go to http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/07/, select a mirror, view all images link (right below the image in the center), hubble sees galaxies galore link, under image formats it will say: "The full resolution
images can be
found here" ...click the linked found here and youc an then get the JPEG or TIFF, 6200x6200...

 

[kmmatney]

Originally posted by: SirUlli
Hubble's Deepest-Ever View of the Universe to be Unveiled on March 9

...This Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) is equivalent to a one-million-second-long photographic exposure...

Sir Ulli

I read it took several years to take the picture, using multiple passes around earth!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Bleep
The Hubble is a great asset to our science. I do not understand why it was ever considered to quit maintaining it and letting it die.

Bleep

While I'll admit that yes, I think that the Hubble should get that last servicing mission, we'll only be without an orbiting space telescope for a few years. The info on the James Webb Space Telescope is impressive; looks like it'll put Hubble's pictures to shame. The aperature alone is a few times larger than Hubble's.
It does seem like a waste to let Hubble deteriorate though; I'm sure there are shuttle astronauts willing to accept the risks of spacewalks and flight, which will be lessened a bit by the upgrades that the shuttles are undergoing now. With the maintenance, we could wind up with two orbiting telescopes. One thing in particular that surprised me was the batteries - they are still the originals from when the Hubble was launched in what...1990? That's quite a long life so far, for being charged and discharged every day. Once they fail though, the telescope is useless.

HUDF Full-res pic links at bottom of this page.

 

[Assimilator1]

Awesome!:Q ,thanks for the info Ulli

Mgallik
Damn you have a fast connection!:Q
68KB/sec here

Btw did you notice this!?

File Download Warning

You are attempting to access an image with an extremely high resolution. While the file size may be small, the number of pixels these images contains requires at least 113 MB of free RAM that is not being used by any other application, including your operating system.


113Mb!!??:Q

 

[Soggysocks]

113Mb!!?? Not a problem


68KB/sec :Q Big Problem :frown:

 

[MGallik]

For your viewing pleasure Evadman.......

:gift:109 meg Tiff :gift:

Assim, yep, I read it and no problemo with 512 meg per rig.

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: kmmatney

Originally posted by: SirUlli
Hubble's Deepest-Ever View of the Universe to be Unveiled on March 9

...This Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) is equivalent to a one-million-second-long photographic exposure...

Sir Ulli

I read it took several years to take the picture, using multiple passes around earth!

Multiple passes, yes.... several years, no. According to the APOD info it was over a period of about 3 months.