Chad Cooper said: > So it occurs to me.... If I can only see 2 million LY, but Hubble can > see 10 BILLION LY... I am seeing only 1/5000 of the distance seen by > machine .... well.... the Universe just got a whole lot bigger to > me...... I think I'll sit down now...
Just out of curiosity, do you usually write email standing up? ;-)) > > Don't want to even think about how little of the total U I can see..... I remember reading an article in _Astronomy_ that stated that Hubble had imaged an area of the sky the width of a fingernail that contained an astronomical(pun intended) number of galaxies. It is certainly awe-inspiring. Patrick Patrick Schlichtenmyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- "Be silly. Be honest. Be kind." -Ralph Waldo Emerson ------------------------------------------------- Get your FREE email address at www.gogoworld.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
