barkis Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, this arms wide open Galaxy NGc 2008 is just another spectacular Image to add to the so many this wonderful Instrument has blessed us with. I try not to dwell too much on how much more life the Hubble has left. I guess that will be determined by how successful the launch and Commission of the James Clerk Maxwell turns out to be. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew s Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Beautiful image the HST will be missed the new scope will not have all the capability of the HST especially in the UV. Regards Andrew Edited February 13, 2020 by andrew s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkis Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 I hope the Hubble is allowed to function for as long as it's feasible to do so James. The JWT of course as you know, will be imaging in the Infrared, and will reveal very distant objects denied to the Hubble due to the vast distances involved. I'm just hoping for a launch sooner rather than later, and that the telescopes deployment is entirely trouble free. Nasa's taking their time testing, getting it as perfect as it can to ensure a perfect result. However, it's still in the lap of the Gods. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw lod qan Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Absolutely incredible! I also hate to think of the HST being retired one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEThumb Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Absolutely incredible what Hubble has shown us over the years and yes looking forward to James Clerk Maxwell going up. I am just amazed at the numbers involved to do with space ,like the speed of light and how big nebula and things (MIND BLOWING) On 13/02/2020 at 18:01, barkis said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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