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Hubble press release: Hubble Spies a Zoo of Galaxies

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Gazing deep into the universe, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spied a menagerie of galaxies. Located within the same tiny region of space, these numerous galaxies display an assortment of unique characteristics. Some are big; some are small. A few are relatively nearby, but most are far away. Hundreds of these faint galaxies have never been seen before until their light was captured by Hubble.
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What telescope "takes over" after hubble is shut down?
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It says some are nearby but most are far away. Does this mean that they aren't confined to the same region of space but the same region of the sky (kind of like optical binaries)?

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What telescope "takes over" after hubble is shut down?
JWST.
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I'd like to paper the roof of my room with this pic to look at it when lying in my bed
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It says some are nearby but most are far away. Does this mean that they aren't confined to the same region of space but the same region of the sky (kind of like optical binaries)?
Just like that.
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Download the full resolution version and take it to a professional printer. These things are huge printed full resolution.

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... or you can just save it to your comp and magnify at your own leisure.
Beautiful, just beautiful. =D>
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