This is truly an awesome sight! And site! I could spend hours looking at the Hubble shots! The Eagle nebula for instance. Fascinating!
Thanks for posting it. -- keith whaley Herb Chong wrote: > > http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/08/. the > images are there from Hubble and confirmed by the Keck telescope in Hawaii. > Hubble found it and Keck measured the distance. > > Herb... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: Interesting article: Largest lens ever! > > > Perhaps you'd like to explain what a 'gravitational' lens is Herb? Also > > isn't 'detection' differentiated from resolving it optically? Eitherway, > off > > or not, I found the mere concept of using cosmic gases as optical elements > > interesting. Not being in the industry, the specifics don't really bug me.
