- Hubble to use moon as mirror to watch Venus transit
The Hubble telescope will use the moon as a mirror to observe the transit of Venus on June 5-6, 2012.
- Hubble to Watch Historic Venus Transit, Using Moon as Mirror
Scientists are planning to use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to observe next month's historic transit of Venus across the sun's face.
- How the Hubble Telescope Will Look at the Moon to See Venus Transit the Sun
Venus moving across the face of the Sun, from our vantage point here on Earth, is such a rare event, that astronomers and observatories around the world have been preparing for this year’s Venus Transit, on June 5-6. And one observatory that is literally “around the world,” – the Hubble Space Telescope — is even [...]
- Hubble Space Telescope Turns 22: Five Facts You May Not Know, Astonishing Pictures Through The Years [VIDEO]
On April 24th, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 22nd birthday, marking more than a decade of cosmic discoveries and insights. The iconic telescope launched on April 24th in 1990 on the Space Shuttle “Discovery,” and was the largest and most sensitive optical-light telescope ever launched into space.
- Irish help develop successor to Hubble telescope
IT IS a telescope that will peer back to the beginning of time. It is so sensitive it could spot a candle on one of Jupiter’s moons. And Irish scientists have played a major part in its design and development.
- Can You Find a Hubble Hidden Treasure?
Just look at the kind of stunning images that are buried in the archives from the Hubble Space Telescope! Here, Hubble turned its powerful wide field Advanced Camera for Surveys towards this spiral galaxy and took this close-up of its northern half. The entire galaxy, called NGC 891, stretches across 100,000 light-years and we see [...]
- Help find Hubble’s Hidden Treasures | Bad Astronomy
I worked with Hubble Space Telescope data for about ten years, and one of the most amazing things about that was seeing the images fresh off the mirror. Knowing that no human on Earth had ever seen that particular object that sharply was a thrill. Not every Hubble observation gets turned into a gorgeous image, though. A lot of them don’t need to be for scientific publications, for one thing, and ...
- Happy Birthday, Hubble! Space Telescope Spies Cluster of Bright Stars
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space 22 years ago, on April 24, 1990.
- Hubble to use Moon as giant mirror to observe Venus transit
From Earth's perspective, on June 5 and 6, Venus will pass across the face of the Sun. By observing the tiny fraction of sunlight that passes through Venus's atmosphere using the Hubble Space Telescope, it is hoped that the planet's atmospheric makeup can be determined. Though we already know the nature of Venus's atmosphere, it is hoped the event will help astronomers hone techniques, already ...
- Hubble to Use Moon as Mirror to See Venus Transit
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will study Venus's atmosphere during an upcoming opportunity where Venus is passing in front of the Sun. Hubble cannot look at the Sun directly, so astronomers are planning to point the telescope at the Moon, using it as a mirror. The next time Venus will pass in front of the Sun will be in the year 2117.
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