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© 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007
© 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007
Edwin Hubble
1889-1953
Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri.
He earned a law degree and worked as a lawyer for one year.
Hubble gave up law, deciding that “he’d rather be a bad astronomer than a good lawyer”. He went on to become one of the outstanding astronomers in history.
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The Hubble Space Telescope was named in his honor. It was
launched in 1990 and orbits about 375 miles above the surface of the
earth.
The HST was designed so that astronauts from the space shuttle can make any needed repairs. A
faulty mirror was replaced in 1993.
Dr. Hubble made some of the most important discoveries in
modern astronomy.
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This is the Hubble Space
Telescope.
It’s about the size of a
school bus.
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Hubble Telescope Trivia
Did you know that:
Hubble travels at a speed of 5 miles per second, or 18,000
miles/hour.
Hubble completes an orbit every 97
minutes.Traveling at Hubble’s speed, a trip from L.A. to N.Y.C. would take
10 minutes.
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In an average orbit, Hubble uses about the same amount of energy
as 24 100-watt light bulbs.
Hubble transmits enough data every day to fill 10,000
standard computer disks.
Hubble can’t observe the sun or Mercury, which is
too close to the sun.
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A “starburst” galaxy. Starburst galaxies make new stars at a
very rapid rate.
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The death of a star.
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Saturn
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Gaseous ”hula-hoops"
A large pair of gaseous rings surrounding a massive dying star
(PR94-22 May 19, 1994)
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A "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary
nebula.
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This spiral galaxy is so far away, Hubble sees it as it appeared at about the time
dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Spiral Galaxy M100
January 1994
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Gaseous Pillars in the Eagle Nebula
Star-Birth Clouds - M16
Star-Birth Clouds - M16
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Gallery of Galaxies
Hubble looks back more than 10 billion years to reveal at least 1,500 galaxies at
various stages of development.
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A galaxy cluster.
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Bibliography
The Hubble Project. (December 1, 2001)
http://hubble.nasa.gov/
Hubble Site.
http://hubble.stsci.edu/