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Friday, April 28, 2006

Hubble’s View of Cigar Galaxy on 16th Mission Anniversary


BNSC - Hubble’s View of Cigar Galaxy on 16th Mission Anniversary:

"To celebrate the NASA-ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 16 years of success, the two space agencies are releasing the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of Messier 82 (M82), a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions."

To think they were considering scrapping Hubble. How could they? Look at this stunning image of the cigar galaxy to clebrate 16 years of success. Success, people. It is awesome. Just astounding. The profound impact this image has in communicating with a human being is beyond compare. I gush. Why not - this is extraordinary and I would not be seeing it wre it not for Hubble. It just puts such an amazing perspective on things and I am running out of superlatives, so I'll just ooooo and ahhhhh now.

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