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2. Edwin Hubble 1889-1953 Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri. He earned a law degree and worked as a lawyer for one year. 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.

3. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 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. Dr. Hubble made some of the most important discoveries in modern astronomy.

4. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 This is the Hubble Space Telescope. It’s about the size of a school bus.

5. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 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. Traveling at Hubble’s speed, a trip from L.A. to N.Y.C. would take 10 minutes.

6. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 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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8. A “starburst” galaxy. Starburst galaxies make new stars at a very rapid rate.

9. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 The death of a star.

10. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 Saturn

11. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 Gaseous ”hula-hoops" A large pair of gaseous rings surrounding a massive dying star (PR94-22 May 19, 1994)

12. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 A "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula.

13. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 This spiral galaxy is so far away, Hubble sees it as it appeared at about the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Spiral Galaxy M100 January 1994

14. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 Gaseous Pillars in the Eagle Nebula Star-Birth Clouds - M16

15. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 Gallery of Galaxies Hubble looks back more than 10 billion years to reveal at least 1,500 galaxies at various stages of development.

16. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 A galaxy cluster.

17. © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX/Klein ISD 2007 Bibliography The Hubble Project. (December 1, 2001) http://hubble.nasa.gov/ Hubble Site. http://hubble.stsci.edu/