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Here is an opportunity to celebrate the Year of Astronomy and win a prize.
NASA wants the public to determine where in the universe it will next aim the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.
The space agency is encouraging Internet surfers to log onto the Hubble Web site and vote for one of a six astronomical objects for the renowned telescope to examine for the first time.
The options, none of which the Hubble telescope has not previously photographed, include four distant galaxies (two of which are colliding), two planetary nebulas and one star-forming dust cloud.
Voting will end March 1. After voting is tabulated, Hubble's powerful camera will snap a high-resolution image revealing new details about the object that receives the most votes.
The photograph will be released in early April during the International Year of Astronomy's "100 Hours of Astronomy."
Each voter will be entered into a random drawing to receive one of 100 copies of the Hubble photograph made of the winning celestial body.
You can vote here.
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Hubble pix selection...win a prize
Here is an opportunity to celebrate the Year of Astronomy and win a prize.
"NASA Wants You to Decide Where It Should Look Next"
January 29th, 2009
FOX NEWS.com
January 29th, 2009
FOX NEWS.com
NASA wants the public to determine where in the universe it will next aim the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.
The space agency is encouraging Internet surfers to log onto the Hubble Web site and vote for one of a six astronomical objects for the renowned telescope to examine for the first time.
The options, none of which the Hubble telescope has not previously photographed, include four distant galaxies (two of which are colliding), two planetary nebulas and one star-forming dust cloud.
Voting will end March 1. After voting is tabulated, Hubble's powerful camera will snap a high-resolution image revealing new details about the object that receives the most votes.
The photograph will be released in early April during the International Year of Astronomy's "100 Hours of Astronomy."
Each voter will be entered into a random drawing to receive one of 100 copies of the Hubble photograph made of the winning celestial body.
You can vote here.
- Death Warrant For The Hubble Telescope
"Hubble has 3 more years to make amazing discoveries, NASA says" by Karen Kaplan March 23rd, 2013 Los Angeles Times Scientists and space junkies got some good news from NASA on Friday: The space agency announced it would keep the Hubble Space Telescope...
- Allan Sandage...a New Paper By Lynden-bell And Schweizer
Allan Sandage was an observational astronomer who was happiest at a telescope. On Hubble’s sudden death Allan Sandage inherited the programmes using the world’s largest optical telescope at Palomar to determine the distances and number counts of...
- And Now It's Time For "name That Telescope"
"What’s in a Name? Astronomers Invite You to Submit One for Radio Telescope" by Gina Sunseri October 14th, 2011 ABC News What’s in a name? Just ask Beyonce or Cher, who are so famous they only need one name. In space, Hubble is the rock star —...
- Hale Telescope..."first Light" On January 26th, 1949
An historic moment from the past. The Hale Telescope saw is first light on January 26th. 1949 on Mount Palomar. On this occasion, the renowned Edwin Hubble had the honors of directing the telescope to his chosen object, which was a nebula previously...
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