Transcript He went on to become one of the outstanding astronomers in history.

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Hubble was born in
Marshfield, Missouri.
He earned a law degree
and worked as a lawyer
for one year.
Edwin Hubble
1889-1953
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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.
Dr. Hubble made some of the most
important discoveries in modern
astronomy.
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.
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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.
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Traveling at Hubble’s
speed, a trip from L.A.
to N.Y.C. would take 10
minutes.
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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Spiral Galaxy
M100
January 1994
This spiral galaxy is so far away, Hubble sees
it as it appeared at about the time dinosaurs
roamed
the
Earth.
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Star-Birth Clouds - M16
Star-Birth
Clouds - M16
Gaseous Pillars in
the Eagle Nebula
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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/
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