First post-servicing mission image has been released in advance of the grand NASA TV unveiling...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/s...mg_ngc6217.html

At the bottem it says
"Check back at www.nasa.gov/hubble at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 9, for more images from the recently refurbished telescope".

Isn't the 9th Wednesday ? like today....?

Um... yep... that's why the title of the thread is "...Sept 9th"...

Big NASA TV unveiling in half an hour.

This is the NASA TV link I use, just in case anyone out there hasn't got one bookmarked...

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/nasa/index.html

I can't watch movies at work, but I have the still image from KSC of nasa TV.

Enjoy, folks...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/m.../ero/index.html

Oh my...

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/384572m...2_full_full.jpg

Very quick before and after...

Click to view attachment

Just for fun, not claiming it's mega-accurate or anything, but it's enough to give you an idea of Hubble's new wow-factor...

Anybody know where that "whole Jupiter - full color" image, Heidi Hammel spoke about, can be found?

That deep field is amazing -- a cosmic Petri dish!

This one?
http://www.hubblesite.org/newscenter/archi...09/25/image/az/

Well, superb to see HST back in action, certainly now as we're preparing some celebrations for April 2010

I'm writing an article about these new pics, and in an effort to write something that is marginally different from what every single other science journalist will be writing today, I thought I'd try and compare the capabilities of different Hubble instruments. Here's a comparison. Please please let me know if you see any errors in this! (Yes, I am using you guys as fact checkers -- hope you don't mind!)

FOV
ACS: 202 by 202 arcsec (WFC); 29.1 by 29.1 arcsec (HRC); 34.59 by 30.8 (SBC)
WFPC2: 162 by 162 arcsec (WFC) with a "bite" out of the corner for PC, which has 40 arcsec view
NICMOS: Depends on resolution, from 11 arcsec (high res) to 51.5 arcsec (low res)
WFC3: Optical: 164 by 164 arcsec; NIR: 135 by 127 arcsec

Pixel scale
ACS: 0.049 arcsec (WFC); 0.028 by 0.025 arcsec (HRC); 0.033 by 0.030 (SBC)
WFPC2: 0.10 arcsec (WFC); 0.046 arcsec (PC)
NICMOS: Depends on resolution, from 0.043 arcsec to 0.203 arcsec
WFC3: Optical: 0.04 arcsec; NIR: 0.13 arcsec

Wavelength range
ACS: 350 to 1000 nm (WFC); 200 to 1050 nm (HRC); 115-180 nm (SBC)
WFPC2: 120 to 1000 nm
NICMOS: 800 to 2500 nm
WFC3: Optical: 200 to 1000 nm; NIR: 800 to 1700 nm

Detector size
ACS: 4096 by 4096 (WFC); 1024 by 1024 (HRC & SBC)
WFPC2: four at 800 by 800 (three in L shape make WFC image, one is for PC)
NICMOS: 256 by 256
WFC3: Optical: 4096 by 4096; IR: 1024 by 1024

I'd love to be able to compare the filters on each, but I think that gets too much into complex detail...

--Emily

So beautiful

I might get some prints made from a few of these images.

Hi Stu-

I'm not sure what are you comparing here. I notice that the two images are showing opposite lobes of the nebula- one needs to be flipped 180 degrees for a direct comparison with the other one, unless the idea is to compare the two lobes.

Great pictures, anyway...

John

THAT's why it didn't feel quite right! Thanks John, I did that in a mega-hurry. v2 will be better - and right!

Click to view attachment

Those before and after colors seem familiar. Perhaps there was some candle soot on the old camera.

Funny

Warning: Posting those photos in this thread will lead to SOMEONE reporting, "Revamped Hubble Space Telescope photographs God"

This is cool http://www.stsci.edu/hst/wfc3

That's great - thanks! - so much more to see in the new one. Great promise for nearer targets too.

Now -- witness the *power* of this fully armed and operational battle station... er, space telescope!



-the other Doug

the three other shots aren't bad either!

http://internal.hubblesite.org/newscenter/...009/25/image/a/

Check out "all images in this news release at the bottom of the page)

(full size image, 40mb:)
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/...-a-full_jpg.jpg

- mindblowing beauty.

and Jupiter in all its glory:

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/...az-full_jpg.jpg

... including the new black "scar" near the south pole, right?

Yup. This link gives you more info.
http://www.hubblesite.org/newscenter/archi...09/25/image/az/

Folks, when you link to images, it is MUCH more helpful if you link to a web page with background information, including the proper credit information, than if you link directly to a large image file without any explanatory info. It's also kinder to people who may be on slow Internet connections -- they get a chance to evaluate whether it's worth linking through to the big file. Try to link to html pages, not jpeg images!!

--Emily

Wonderful suite of images!

Here is a blink comparison that I worked up of a visible and infrared view of part of the Eta Carina region:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment....hmentid=2748044

--Bill

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