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Old 30-April-2002, 06:04 PM
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Folks: Check out NASA TV right now (10:00 a.m. Pacific Tuesday April 30) to see new images released from Hubble with the new camera installed!

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You can also see some images here:
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/curr...icle_589_1.asp
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STScI press release
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For comparison - an Earthbound image of the "Tadpole Galaxy"
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Thanks! I watched to press conference. In addition to all the science, those new images of the Tadpole Galaxy are just breathtaking!

New images are posted at: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/latest.html


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...should have logged on earlier...

That Cone Nebula is...[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]

I get the impression there is an axial flow "upward" and that gas and dust is being rolled off to the sides, rather like a very slow smoke ring passing through air. Appearances are deceiving, of course.

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More than pretty pictures - they're already doing science with the new Hubble camera:
Galaxies' date with destiny revealed
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