How Hubble telescope has changed the universe – Dni.Ru

12:12 / 24.04.2015 Hubble, NASA, space, telescope The most famous telescope – Hubble – 2015 celebrates the 25th anniversary of the launch into orbit. With it, mankind was able to capture previously unknown galaxies, nebulae, star unusual and many other phenomena and mysteries of the universe. In NASA created for the anniversary of the album, in which the best photos taken by the telescope.

Hubble was launched April 24, 1990 with the American launch site at Cape Canaveral and 25 years in good faith serves as NASA and the European Space Agency. It is an automatic observatory orbiting our planet , which is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), one of the most influential cosmologists XX century. He has made making profound changes in information space, confirming the existence of other galaxies.

“His meticulous studies of spiral nebulae proved the existence of other galaxies other than our own Milky Way galaxy,” – said the expert services of Edwin Hubble. “ Such a large number of stellar systems included in the analysis, an unprecedented , but more importantly, we’ve got a lot of information about the invisible structures in the Universe” – said Patrick Simon from Edinburgh University of Hubble.

The location of this telescope in space allows it to detect infrared radiation, which is impossible to do while on earth. It has a resolution of tens of times higher than any of the other unit, located on the planet. All images from the Hubble can be seen on the official website of NASA’s Instagram . By the way, she has collected more than 2.5 million subscribers.

It is thanks to Hubble were first obtained maps of the surface of Pluto and the emergence of new pictures of stars . In addition, using data from the telescope, researchers found support for the hypothesis of supermassive black holes located at the centers of galaxies. One of the largest images taken through the Hubble, is the Crab Nebula, with stripes of green, blue and brown. Its width is six thousand light years. The images were taken in late 1999.

In 2009, was captured planetary nebula NGC 6302. This is a star once several times the size of the Sun . Now she dies. Another impressive photo – a composite image of the Ring Nebula visible light. The result was a pretty awesome picture: Nebula very much like the eye from the Tower of Sauron.

From the initial design Hubble before its launch has been spent $ 2.5 billion with the initial budget of 400 million. To create a space telescope was important to draw the attention and imagination of the general public, particularly American taxpayers, who have made the most significant contribution to the financing of Hubble.

One of the most important public relations is the project” Heritage Hubble “. Its mission is to publish a visually and aesthetically spectacular images obtained telescope. Project Gallery contains not only the original pictures, but also based on them collages and drawings. And in 2010, saw the release of “Hubble IMAX 3D” format IMAX, telling about telescopes and cosmic expanses.

Hubble in orbit and continues to function. NASA in 2013 conducted an evaluation study of the telescope subsystems. According to experts, Hubble will continue at least until 2020. The functioning of the telescope is an important task NASA. Successor to Hubble – James Webb Space Telescope – will have to go into orbit in 2018.