Just wow...

[Coexist]

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/29/206768.aspx

"The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back the best view yet of a picture-perfect galaxy known as M81 or Bode's Galaxy, resolving single points of starlight as well as star clusters and glowing regions of fluorescent gas.

"The amazing detail in this image took our breath away," Andreas Zezas, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said in a news release unveiling the image. "We can see individual stars like tiny grains of sand."

[nam78_two]

1. Nice,nt

[EST]

2. I thought the hubble was broken.

I'll go look at the pictures. Thanks.

[JNelson6563]

17. Just smack it on the side and it comes in better

;-)

[EST]

26. Guess my remote's not working so well.

[roamer65]

27. LOL...just like an old TV set.

Work, dammit...work. <Bang....Bang>

[lonestarnot]

3. Whoah cooooool!

[Patsy Stone]

4. Far out!

Here's a link to more:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/19/image/

[qdemn7]

5. Astronomy Picture of the Day

Is one of my first stops of each day. They have had some magnificent pictures lately.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/messier.html

[Coexist]

10. great site!

thanks for the link.

[karlrschneider]

12. That's terrific! This one from yesterda is AMAZING

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. God I Love Pics Like That. Can't Get Enough Of 'Em In Fact. How I Wish I Had A Observatory In My

backyard to use whenever I wanted.

Just absolutely breathtaking. Always is. Kinda puts things in perspective huh.

[Coexist]

it really does.

I wish I had one, too.

[Madspirit]

7. k&r ...just beautiful....and thanks...n/t

[karlrschneider]

8. Amazing how all that stuff happened in just 6000 years.

...

[NYCGirl]

9. I just LOVE that kind of stuff! How beautiful. NT

[BlueJazz]

11. You can Download small to GIGANTIC (650 Meg) images here>

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/19/image/a/warn/

[WCGreen]

13. And to think it's only 7,000 years old....

[Error]

19. that's in dog years, not god years

[demobabe]

14. What's really amazing

...is that this picture is the culmination of over TWO YEARS worth of bits of data collecting by the Hubble. If the Hubble were staring at it continuously, it would be the equivalent of 2.5 days worth of info. Still - that's a long time for a picture!

[133724]

15. I like the Rose Nebula...

[NYCGirl]

16. That is just breathtaking. NT

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. Wow indeed

Thanks for posting this tonight. It's awe inspiring.

[ccinamon]

20. Very Beautiful and Serene....is it Wingnut free?

If so, I wanna move there!

[bdamomma]

21. that is so beautiful and peaceful, something we need here peace!

[guitar man]

22. simply amazing

that soemthing that spectacular can be created in a mere 7000 years





:sarcasm: :rofl:

[Coexist]

23. 6 days, thank you.

[guitar man]

24. you're right

I'm a little rusty on my fundie-speak :blush:

[midnight]

25. Truly a breathtaking sight.... Thanks for sharing this beauty

from a great distance to our earth that is hemorrhaging so much disaster.

[Canuckistanian]

28. M81 is famous

It's one of the first things a backyard astronomer looks for. Visible even with binoculars. That, and the Andromeda galaxy.

They're called the "backyard pair"

Beautiful pic.

BTW, M81 is in the constellation Ursa Major (the Big Dipper)

Here's another view, using Infrared wavelengths: