The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

By Queuebot in Science & Tech on Aug 13, 2009 at 1:53 am

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In December of 1995, astronomers did a risky experiment with the Hubble Space Telescope. They pointed it to a region in space the size of a speck of dust that is seemingly empty and kept the telescope watching for 10 days.

They could’ve very well ended up with a blank image – but what they saw instead was something completely mindboggling.

Here’s a wonderful clip by Tony Darnell of Deep Astronomy about the Hubble Ultra Deep Field that illustrates just how humblingly small us humans are in the grand scheme of the universe.

– via gizmodo

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by arbyn.

Tags: galaxies, Hubble, hubble ultra deep field, humble, insignificant, Space, telescope

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Larfin Jackarse
Aug 13th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Hmmm…interesting.

What is the most amazing thing in the universe?

The human brain, Without the brain there would be no concept of a universe.

What is the second most amazing thing in the universe?
Me. Thanks for asking.
Alex
Aug 13th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Oh, I think the universe would get along just fine without humans or their brains …
ozoozol
Aug 13th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Great find.
ted
Aug 13th, 2009 at 7:03 am
But Alex, if there were no brains (human or otherwise) to appreciate it, what would be the point?

The human brain and Larfin Jackarse are amazing, I agree. Imagine how amazing it would be, if we were to combine the two.
j
Aug 13th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Risky! Ha, pointing that telescope into a dark part of the sky was risky!
Johnny Cat
Aug 13th, 2009 at 11:35 am
lol ted.

Man, that music makes me want to play Halo.
seefish3
Aug 13th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Loved the video, hated the condescending “you can’t really appreciate this, dummy” monologue.
seefish3
Aug 13th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
And the dummy asks, isn’t the Hubble stationary in space? And if so, why does the animation show it swooping around like the Enterprise in orbit?
star4589
Aug 13th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Amazing! But i dont see how focusing on a dark part of the sky was risky?! Either way, the findings were out of this world. Haha.
seekshelter
Aug 13th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
did anyone even listen to it? he said it was risky because use of the telescope’s time was hard to come by. especially with the hubble and its shelf life… it was possible that they could point it out at the dark patch and find nothing at all thereby wasting 10 days that could have been used for something else. additionally, there is the cost of the data transmissions that they would have to pay for…which isn’t cheap.
Alex
Aug 14th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Hubble is in low Earth orbit so it’s not stationary in space, and yes – like seekshelter said, it was risky in terms that they might not have come up with anything (while spending valuable telescope time).

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