Hubble Reveals Identity of Mysterious Green Blob! wtf?

Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:32 pm » by **Freeyourmindnow**

Jan. 11, 2011 -- The Hubble Space Telescope has zoomed in on one of the most fascinating, yet mysterious, cosmic objects to be found in recent years. The green gaseous structure is known as Hanny's Voorwerp ("Hanny's Object" in Dutch) and its existence had astronomers confused for some time.

wtf is this guys? any idea?

http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic ... ation.html

Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:42 pm » by **Aardvaaks**

Well according to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, Wash. in your link it is basically a green coloured star nursery. Very interesting posting, cheers freeyourmind :flop:

Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:44 pm » by **Freeyourmindnow**

aardvaaks wrote:Well according to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, Wash. in your link it is basically a green coloured star nursery. Very interesting posting, cheers freeyourmind

that is what they say :wink:

cheers mate :cheers:

Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:50 pm » by **Oxize**

Wish i had control over the Hubble telescope ;)

Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:54 pm » by **Aardvaaks**

freeyourmindnow wrote:
aardvaaks wrote:Well according to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, Wash. in your link it is basically a green coloured star nursery. Very interesting posting, cheers freeyourmind

that is what they say cheers mate

Well that's what the experts say thrown in with a long dead quasar, mind boggling eh? :shock:

, this data is gleaned from the radio telescopes arrays on the ground also.

Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:08 am » by **Freeyourmindnow**

oxize wrote:Wish i had control over the Hubble telescope ;)

can we hack it? :twisted:

Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:11 am » by **Freeyourmindnow**

aardvaaks wrote:
freeyourmindnow wrote:
aardvaaks wrote:Well according to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, Wash. in your link it is basically a green coloured star nursery. Very interesting posting, cheers freeyourmind

that is what they say cheers mate

Well that's what the experts say thrown in with a long dead quasar, mind boggling eh? , this data is gleaned from the radio telescopes arrays on the ground also.

mind boggling indeed my friend :flop:

Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:19 am » by **Aardvaaks**

oxize wrote:Wish i had control over the Hubble telescope ;)

Not sure about elsewhere but in the UK and Ireland you can book the use of the Faulkes telescope online :flop:

I know its not the Hubble, but better than nothing.

http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/information/contact_us
http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/inform ... gistration

Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:30 am » by **Freeyourmindnow**

aardvaaks wrote:
oxize wrote:Wish i had control over the Hubble telescope ;)

Not sure about elsewhere but in the UK and Ireland you can book the use of the Faulkes telescope online
I know its not the Hubble, but better than nothing.

http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/information/contact_us
http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/inform ... gistration

cool

Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:14 am » by **Animus131**

It is a dead Green Quasar, according to this article:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/hannys-voorwerp-quasar-hubble/