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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – Hubble pictures

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Adapted from the Wikipedia article 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Hubble search for transition comets – Introduction

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Hubble search for transition comets (Transition Comets — UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids) was a study involving amateur astronomers and the use of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was one of only six studies involving amateur astronomers that was approved by NASA. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Hubble search for transition comets, under [...]

SETI Institute – Instrument users

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Instruments used by SETI Institute scientists include the Allen Telescope Array, the radio telescopes at Arecibo, Parkes, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. Adapted from the Wikipedia article SETI Institute, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System – User Segment

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The user segment of TDRSS includes many of NASA’s most prominent programs. Programs such as the Hubble Space Telescope and LANDSAT relay their observations to their respective mission control centers through TDRSS. Since manned space flight was one of the primary reasons for building TDRSS, the space shuttle and International Space Station voice communications are [...]

Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey – Hubble Space Telescope images

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GOODs used the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys with four filters, centered at 435, 606, 775 and 850& nm. The resulting map covers 30 times the area of the Hubble Deep Field to a photometric magnitude less sensitivity, and has enough resolution to allow the study of 1& kpc-scale objects at redshifts up [...]

Figuring – Introduction

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Adapted from the Wikipedia article Figuring, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Fine Guidance Sensor – The FGS on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

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The Hubble Space Telescope has three Fine Guidance Sensors (FGSs). Two are used to point and lock the telescope onto the target, and the third can be used for position measurements – also known as astrometry. Because the FGSs are so accurate, they can be used to measure stellar distances and also to investigate binary [...]

Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy – Introduction

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Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (SDIG) is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. The galaxy was discovered in 1976. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope – Introduction

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Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope, better known simply as MOST, is Canada’s first and (as of mid-2005) only space telescope. It is also the smallest space telescope in the world (for which its creators nicknamed it the “Humble Space Telescope”, in reference to one of the largest, the Hubble). MOST is the first spacecraft [...]

Low Impact Docking System – Spacecraft using LIDS

The Hubble Space Telescope received the Soft-Capture Mechanism (SCM) on STS-125. The SCM is meant for unpressurized docking, but uses the LIDS interface to reserve the possibility of an Orion docked mission. The docking ring is mounted on Hubble’s aft bulkhead. It will be used for safely de-orbiting Hubble at the end of its service [...]

Hubble Space Telescope – Hubble data

Transmission to Earth Hubble data was initially stored on the spacecraft. When launched, the storage facilities were old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorders, but these were replaced by solid state data storage facilities during servicing missions 2 and 3A. Approximately twice daily, The Hubble Space Telescope radios data to a satellite in the geosynchronous Tracking and Data [...]

Hubble Space Telescope – Flawed mirror

Within weeks of the launch of the telescope, the returned images showed that there was a serious problem with the optical system. Although the first images appeared to be sharper than ground-based images, the telescope failed to achieve a final sharp focus, and the best image quality obtained was drastically lower than expected. Images of [...]









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