With everything James Webb all the time, this was a nice reminder of just how good Hubble was. My favorite has to be the Hubble Deep Field. It was ridiculed as a waste of telescope time but now it's something that every telescope we launch should do. Thank you by the way for giving us an honest channel. If I see BIG BANG proved WRONG one more time...
"how good Hubble is." FTFY Its still has a waitlist for observation time. A defunct useless piece of equipment wouldnt have a wait list of active scientists hoping to get time on it......
the quality of these videos is inversely proportional to their view count, congrats! I just subbed and will probably be binging your channel for the next few days
I recall being in my teens and reading an article in a major science or science-adjacent magazine (cannot recall which one), which was all about Hubble's primary mirror. This was well before Hubble actually launched, and the entire article was basically about how the mirror was the most perfect object ever created by humans, about how they had to do polishing runs in the middle of the night so that the vibrations from trucks driving by on the highway wouldn't jostle the equipment, etc. It was basically an unending brag-fest by the head engineer. He even managed to slip a sexist comment in there. And then, only after Hubble was in orbit, was it eventually found that the testing equipment had been miscalibrated, and so they had patiently and meticulously polished the mirror to the wrong shape. The fix that NASA eventually came up with for this was brilliant, but you have to wonder if Hubble might have been even better overall without the initial mistake. Anyway, wonderful video. It was such a pleasure to revisit all these classic images along with your informative narrations.
Hubble is a marvel of engineering for sure, especially because they managed to mostly fix the mirror flaw. But if they hadn't accounted for servicing missions, that would have been a very costly mistake. It's already difficult to get proper funding for any sort of space missions, so engineers have to be so careful. Putting people on the Moon, robots on Mars, machines like Hubble and JWST... It's incredible that we humans are capable of these things. And that's just space exploration.
@bluedotdweller Yes, and you can tell that the JWST teams took the lessons learned from Hubble very much to heart. Nothing was rushed, no chances taken, and the finished telescope ended up performing even better than expected. And that was such a relief!
Great video as usual! I love the Hubble pictures, I remember presenting about it in college, and I also used the ultra deep field as background for a collage project for art classes in school.
I remember watching STS-61 when it was televized in December of 1993. It was the shuttle mission to service and repair Hubble. Story Musgrave, a then-60 y.o. astronaut, took 3 of the space walks. It's funny how I remember that and the moon landing so clearly even though they happened so long ago. ( Yes, I saw the moon landing when it was broadcast live in 1969. )
Gorgeous photos, great explanations. The RUclips channel Astrum has a series where they go through and explain the top 100 Hubble photos, also very worth watching.
It always irks me when I hear about the plans to decommission Hubble. Like, okay, its not the latest and greatest, thats true. However.....IT WAS MEANT TO BE UPGRADED!!!! Thats the whole reason why we were able to fix the mirrors shape in the first place! We slid a refrigerator sized instrument out of the side, and slipped in one that had some corrective optics. There are 3 other bays that have equipment in them that were literally designed to be slid out and new equipment slid in. The only limiting factor is the mirrors coating. It only reflects what it reflects (thats why JWST is gold, and HST is silvered. Gold reflects IR better). But it is still making meaningful observations! It is still a 2.6 meter telescope in space! It still functions!!!! There is a grapple point on it, and the musky one keeps trying to sell people on easier space access. So why not send Hubble a backpack to boost it when it needs it, and desaturate the gyros, and now and then send it better equipment built by whatever organization wants to spend the money? Hell, its close enough that can all be done remotely I imagine. If you can do it in a space suit you can do it with a kuka arm..... DONT LET YOUR LEADERS LET HUBBLE DIE!!!! CALL THEM, WRITE LETTERS, MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND IT NEEDS TO LIVE ON!!!! It would be an absolute travesty to lose Hubble as an available observation platform..... And if they dont want to use it anymore.....then at least put it in a parked stable orbit until we can figure out how to bring it back home and stick it in a museum.....Its simply too important to human history to let it just burn up in the atmosphere......
Don't you love you tube. Such excellent visual and educational content. Bluedotweller rocks!
With everything James Webb all the time, this was a nice reminder of just how good Hubble was. My favorite has to be the Hubble Deep Field. It was ridiculed as a waste of telescope time but now it's something that every telescope we launch should do. Thank you by the way for giving us an honest channel. If I see BIG BANG proved WRONG one more time...
Ugh, same. Unfortunately, outrageous headlines get a lot of clicks.
"how good Hubble is." FTFY
Its still has a waitlist for observation time. A defunct useless piece of equipment wouldnt have a wait list of active scientists hoping to get time on it......
I, as one, think that you are doing a great service by explaining science to young people. Thank you. Michael said that, bye for now my friend.
This is a great video. Im glad that the algo suggested you. This is the kind of content that should be seen.
What a great, informative video! You never fail to deliver quality content. Thank you.
Very informative, I didn’t know nebulas aren’t actually as dense as they seem. The Butterfly Nebula is definitely my favorite! 🦋
the quality of these videos is inversely proportional to their view count, congrats! I just subbed and will probably be binging your channel for the next few days
I recall being in my teens and reading an article in a major science or science-adjacent magazine (cannot recall which one), which was all about Hubble's primary mirror. This was well before Hubble actually launched, and the entire article was basically about how the mirror was the most perfect object ever created by humans, about how they had to do polishing runs in the middle of the night so that the vibrations from trucks driving by on the highway wouldn't jostle the equipment, etc. It was basically an unending brag-fest by the head engineer. He even managed to slip a sexist comment in there.
And then, only after Hubble was in orbit, was it eventually found that the testing equipment had been miscalibrated, and so they had patiently and meticulously polished the mirror to the wrong shape.
The fix that NASA eventually came up with for this was brilliant, but you have to wonder if Hubble might have been even better overall without the initial mistake.
Anyway, wonderful video. It was such a pleasure to revisit all these classic images along with your informative narrations.
Hubble is a marvel of engineering for sure, especially because they managed to mostly fix the mirror flaw. But if they hadn't accounted for servicing missions, that would have been a very costly mistake. It's already difficult to get proper funding for any sort of space missions, so engineers have to be so careful. Putting people on the Moon, robots on Mars, machines like Hubble and JWST... It's incredible that we humans are capable of these things. And that's just space exploration.
@bluedotdweller Yes, and you can tell that the JWST teams took the lessons learned from Hubble very much to heart. Nothing was rushed, no chances taken, and the finished telescope ended up performing even better than expected. And that was such a relief!
Great video as usual! I love the Hubble pictures, I remember presenting about it in college, and I also used the ultra deep field as background for a collage project for art classes in school.
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Thank you for another great video , keep it up
This is a great channel, keep up the great work
Beautiful, pleasant speech, concise story. Subscribed. I wish you success and hope that there will be many more views here someday!
Thank you!
I remember watching STS-61 when it was televized in December of 1993.
It was the shuttle mission to service and repair Hubble.
Story Musgrave, a then-60 y.o. astronaut, took 3 of the space walks.
It's funny how I remember that and the moon landing so clearly even though they happened so long ago. ( Yes, I saw the moon landing when it was broadcast live in 1969. )
Those are incredible events to witness. No wonder you remember them so clearly!
That was great, thank you. Given the option, Id buy you a coffee.
7:52 Seems like we should see some stars coming to life out there. We certainly see enough of them go out.
Wow over THIRTY YEARS. The Hubble and I are the same age 😭
I am a fair bit older. I had the privilege of watching as it changed how we saw our place in the universe. A journey that I hope has only just begun.
Thank you !
Wow, the close-up camera angle is extra special!
Fantastic.
Oh yeah ☺️I love these lessons 🧠
Gorgeous photos, great explanations. The RUclips channel Astrum has a series where they go through and explain the top 100 Hubble photos, also very worth watching.
It always irks me when I hear about the plans to decommission Hubble. Like, okay, its not the latest and greatest, thats true. However.....IT WAS MEANT TO BE UPGRADED!!!! Thats the whole reason why we were able to fix the mirrors shape in the first place! We slid a refrigerator sized instrument out of the side, and slipped in one that had some corrective optics. There are 3 other bays that have equipment in them that were literally designed to be slid out and new equipment slid in. The only limiting factor is the mirrors coating. It only reflects what it reflects (thats why JWST is gold, and HST is silvered. Gold reflects IR better). But it is still making meaningful observations! It is still a 2.6 meter telescope in space! It still functions!!!! There is a grapple point on it, and the musky one keeps trying to sell people on easier space access. So why not send Hubble a backpack to boost it when it needs it, and desaturate the gyros, and now and then send it better equipment built by whatever organization wants to spend the money? Hell, its close enough that can all be done remotely I imagine. If you can do it in a space suit you can do it with a kuka arm..... DONT LET YOUR LEADERS LET HUBBLE DIE!!!! CALL THEM, WRITE LETTERS, MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND IT NEEDS TO LIVE ON!!!! It would be an absolute travesty to lose Hubble as an available observation platform.....
And if they dont want to use it anymore.....then at least put it in a parked stable orbit until we can figure out how to bring it back home and stick it in a museum.....Its simply too important to human history to let it just burn up in the atmosphere......
Late again. Great video. 👍
Are these nebulas dense enough for sound to travel through? Would flying thruogh one at the speed of the ISS burn it up?
Did anyone one else hear that the Hubble telescope was going to be de-commissioned?
Yay
We don't see you often enough.
Believe me, I wish I had more time to make videos!
@@bluedotdweller Well you have a real talent for it. I've enjoyed all of them. Keep on keepin' on BDD.
What if these "pillars" and such are biological, Intelligent beings
I think the pillars (of Hercules) are VAST areas - filled with very, very much stuff. A biological entity, probably!...
More than likely a few (or more)!