The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D


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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

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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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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.
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It is grip of a combined keyhole/crosscut saw. The keyhole saw is separable by pulling the „trigger“ and moving the grip upwards leaving the lower part of the grip with teh crosscut blade behind, unfortunately the blades are missing...

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It is an old circumcision hammer. Designed for the nervous mohel-in-training, it would be cocked and placed over the knife and the... ahem... target. When the release was activated, the hammer would strike the top edge of the knife, making the cut quickly and neatly, only rarely resulting in emasculation or the removal of a finger.

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One of the first prototypes for Orin Scrivello, DDS, manipulating/mutilating, air/water syringes. Too bad it couldn't be used to clean the meat out of Audrey 2's mouth.

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I think it's an ancient version of the light-saber. What you can see here in the picture is the light-saber's handle. You pull the trigger and the laser beams goes out from the top.:D

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It's a locking faucet handle. It locks to either keep the water from running, or maybe it's for hot water so you wouln't accidentally burn yourself?

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Well, the manufacturer's mark reads "Southern Beauty - Reg US Pat Off". Based on that, I'd tend to think it's some sort of cosmetic tool, but I can't come up with any sort of cosmetic use for it. The trigger obviously actuates the steel piston in the handle. Best guess, it's a stamp machine, since a piece of paper or thing leather is about the largest thing you could fit into the bottom slot. Though if that's the case, Patria wins since she guessed an embosser, and that's pretty much the same thing.
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An old Harbinger hook. And in case I'm butchering the spelling, one of those hook time things you see hikers and climber wear around their belt to hold water bottles.

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It's a piece of late 1800's early doomsday weapon. This piece, made up of 2 interlocking guns attaches to other pieces to create an automatic cannon to make enemies of the Confederacy. Fortunately, a witty, wise cracking lawman named Jim West thwarted the evil plot. To prevent the weapon from ever falling into the wrong hands, the President ordered it dismantled and its pieces scattered across the country.

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This is a paper-clip designed by the Totally Over-Engineered Design Company. Their other inventions include the Thermonuclear Coffee-maker and the 250hp clothes-peg

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It is a saw handle, useful for handling saws. Before its invention, using saws was very dangerous to the fingers, so people used trained beavers. This little invention put hundreds of beaver trainers out of work, and they congregated in Wisconson, drinking from dusk to midnight, then going out on 'Beaver-runs,' causing untold destruction. Finally, the Wisconson National Guard was called out and the hooliganism ended. Wisconsin is now known for its calmness and cheese.

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It is the only alien gift-artefact form the Rosswell incident not captured by the US government but still privately owned...

you can see the figure of an alien depicted at the section of the artefact that seems to be a kind of andle or grip.. The alien has two eyes no nose a mouth and a telekinetic organ in the middle of the forehead (and therefore needs no hands.)

The L-shaped ornament points to the home planet (or to the position of the orbiting mother ship), and the spaceship ornament on the left upper sind indicates the alien's spaceship withe the aureola of the alien spaceship pilot...

The only aspect still under examination is the alien spaceship registration number "105" at the radome of the spaceship ornament..

Or it is just Ford Prefect's "electronic thumb" from the "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"...

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It's a controller for for a circa 1889 Wii, then known as a Nintendo Hokkai Patented Lucky Pucky Plucker.

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