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The Hubble: Head in the stars

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

sciences-images42Hubble: 20 years head in the stars:

Put into orbit April 24, 1990, Hubble reveals the past 20 years, the wonders of the universe like the Carina Nebula shown above.

sciences-images43Sky Disc:

Without the initiation of Hubble, astronomers would surely missed magnificent galaxies like the Black Eye or Sleeping Beauty.

sciences-images44Mosaic color:

This image is one of the most famous of Hubble, it is the
famous Crab Nebula.

sciences-images45Halo:

The telescope has not lost a U.S. crumb of the explosion of the super giant star V838 Monocerotis January 6, 2002.

sciences-images46Galaxy Ultra Slim:

This photograph of galaxy spiral is a marvel of photography. The concentric waves of dust around the galactic core.

sciences-images47Luminous rings of Saturn:

Excels in Hubble images of planets. Here we see the rings of Saturn.

sciences-images48X-rays:

The Hubble launch was originally planned in 1986 but was postponed following the accident of space shuttle Challenger occurred the same year.

sciences-images49Look them in the eyes!

The Hubble telescope is moving at 600 km altitude and performs around the Earth every 100 minutes. Here, the famous Eye Nebula Cat.

sciences-images50Birth of stars by thousands:

Hubble is equipped with an armada of instruments to make beautiful cliches like that of a region where stars are born not thousands.

sciences-images51A Patchwork Universe:

The telescope is equipped with a photometer, 2 spectrographs, mirrors, reflectors and also photographs of two rooms. With this technology, Hubble provides an enchanting face of the Universe.

sciences-images52A multicolored spirograph:

The Spirograph Nebula shown above is named after the famous drawing tool cyclical.

sciences-images53Full circle!

With its 4.2 meter diameter telescope Hubble is not missed this loop of the Swan.

sciences-images54Deploying wings luminueses:

ESA has strongly collaborated with NASA to develop a telescope of such precision that can provide photographs as sharp and colorful than the Lagoon Nebula.

sciences-images55A nocturnal insect:

Nearly five interventions on the Hubble telescope were necessary to recalibrate the instruments. This pemret to get new designs like the Butterfly Nebula.

sciences-images56Heavenly Union:

There is here the heart of the Southern Crab Nebula. It looks like two beautiful rings of fire intertwined.

sciences-images57A spiral that is worth gold:

Hubble has cost a whopping $ 2 billion dollars. With that, he can make beautiful pictures like the galxie spiral NGC 1365.

sciences-images58Open arms:

The arms of the galaxy NGC 4622 invite you to a galactic journey. This galaxy lies in the constellation Centaurus, 200 million light years.

sciences-images59Clusters of galactic dust:

Hubble has been a final fitness in 2009. NASA will replace the telescope in 2014. Above: release of gas and dust of the Cone Nebula.

sciences-images60An explosion of stars:

James Webb Space Telescope is the successor of official Hubble. It will give such beautiful clcihes Hubble. Here we see the direct death of a star.

sciences-images61Eagle approach:

It ends with one of the most beautiful pictures taken by Hubble: the Eagle Nebula.

The sky month of April,2010

Friday, May 7th, 2010

sciences-images24The ashen light of the moon is observable from April 15 to 18. The positions of the planets are accurate April 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images25Heaven March 2010

The ashen light of the moon is observable from March 17 to 21. The precise positions of the planets are March 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images26The sky in February 2010
Valentine’s Day will be celebrated, for love, under a new moon, February 14 at 2:51. The precise positions of the planets are February 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images27The sky of January 2010
The ashen light of the moon is observed from 17 to 21. The precise positions of the planets are January 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images28The sky in December 2009
Geminid shooting stars are observable until 17, with their maximum 14. The positions of the planets are accurate December 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images29The sky in November 2009
The ashen light of the moon is observable in the morning of 11 to 14. The precise positions of the planets are November 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images30The sky in October 2009:From October 11 to 14, you can see the moon ash. The precise positions of the planets are October 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images31The sky in September 2009: On 18 September, the New Moon will appear to 6:44 p.m.. The precise positions of the planets are September 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images32The sky in August 2009: The precise positions of the planets are August 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images33The sky in July 2009:The Full Moon is expected before 1 am, July 6. The precise positions of the planets are July 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images34The sky in June 2009: A beautiful full moon will occur on 7. The precise positions of the planets are June 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images35The sky in May 2009: A beautiful full moon will occur on May 9 at 4:00 am. The precise positions of the planets are May 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images36The sky in April 2009: A beautiful full moon is expected on April 9. The precise positions of the planets are April 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images37The sky in March 2009: The full moon will be at the rendezvous at 2:38 am March 11 min. The precise positions of the planets are March 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images38The sky in February 2009: A lunar eclipse in the penumbra is scheduled on February 9 but it will not be visible in France. The precise positions of the planets are February 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images39The sky of January 2009: The precise positions of the planets are January 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images40Sky of December 2008: The December sky will be outstanding with the observation of meteor maxima 6 (minimum) and the occultation of Venus by the Moon. The positions of the planets are accurate December 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

sciences-images41The sky in November 2008: The new moon will occur exactly at 4:55 p.m. on November 27. The precise positions of the planets are November 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

Changing the image in Research

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

ff1One of the biggest challenges currently facing the scientific community is to share the fruits of their work to the rest of society. Society today demands the dissemination of research and looks at the achievements, need to know how to go back to your own health or life research outcomes.

Although the scientific community and the rest of society tend to live apart from one another, there is a growing interest and increased participation of the latter by the former. The gradual rapprochement between the two is reflected by the amount of specialized news and information that proliferate in print, radio and television. Today it is common for people outside the scientific know and discuss the latest advances in research, health sciences, astronomy and so on.

madscientistPhotography and image are suitable tools to help bridge this distance, serving as a bridge connecting with the immediacy of the image to convey concepts, and the undoubted beauty of many images in the scientific field. Also, from the pedagogical point of view, the images in science will bring the school to another reality that is almost always known by their limited distribution.

spectacular pictures and extensive scientific

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

ddScientists from the Deep Impact mission to begin work with the first data and images that are still coming to NASA from the space probe. The amount of information being given and early results show interesting spectacle of some of the pictures taken, even though processed digitally, have not left anyone indifferent.welve hours after the impact, investigators have not yet been able to observe the new crater formed as ejections of material thrown into space covering the entire area. Anyway, it is expected that the digital processing of images reveals the point of impact and allow measurements of the structure and composition of the comet. Scientists believe that it will take a week to perform the digital processing of all data before determining the exact size and depth of the crater. Based on the observed effects, is pretty sure that its size is quite large.

ffStudies conducted before the collision indicated that the size of the crater could be formed between a house and a sports stadium. Along the lines of our planet, the impact would release energy equivalent to 4.5 tons of TNT, creating a structure 30 meters in diameter. Although the energy released during the collision, Tempel 1 would be on roughly the same, the effects on the surface of the cometary nucleus should be quite different, due to its low gravity and density. The impact of the probe Deep Impact is vaporized during the collision. The images show the probe over a sudden flash during the time when the impactor hits the surface cometary, flash being gradually intensifying while generating a plume of ejecta to soar into space. During the ejection of material is also observable in the shadow of the plume itself, which is projected on the icy cometary surface.