Beautiful picture of a galaxy

[concerned]

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080207.html

Whenever I see a picture like this it reminds me of the creation story in the Book of Genesis. And God created the heavens and the earth.............and said;ktov ( hebrew for 'it is good' )

[Swimmy]

It seems like something you would expect from the opening scenes of a sci-fi flick.

[frankcor]

That's really amazing. Hubble is one role of federal government that I actually like. That one picture is worth the price of admission.

[rrogers40]

And they are getting ready to replace Hubble too! (Yes its a good thing)- Replacement will launch around 2013. Until then they are going to do a refit.

www.jwst.nasa.gov/

[frankcor]

I was a little disappointed that they named the replacement after a politician/bureaucrat instead of after a scientist. But I must admit that Webb probably did more to advance science than any individual scientist has done.

I was kind of hoping they would have named it after Frank Drake. I took Astronomy 410 from Drake. I continually suffered from dry mouth due to sitting through lectures with my jaw dropped. And he's got a kewl name, too.

[losjibaros]

Now i have a headache.. as best i could figure.. the 50 million light years away is equal to


2.93931269 × 10 to the 20th power.

in other words.. what you are seeing now isnt there anymore ..

amazing stuff.

[rrogers40]

losjibaros said:

Now i have a headache.. as best i could figure.. the 50 million light years away is equal to


2.93931269 × 10 to the 20th power.

in other words.. what you are seeing now isnt there anymore ..

amazing stuff.

Yep- your litterly looking into the past

[losjibaros]

unless.. you subscribe to the fact that the world is 3,000 years old.. and dinosaures walked in the reeds...