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by diamondblast
Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:17 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Average Hubble image cost?
Replies: 5
Views: 4679

Re: HST cost

toatal 1.5 billion, but the current cost of Iraq is $130K per hour at least for next seven months Well I am trying not to get into a politics. However I do agree with your point. We put so much money into all kind of stuff .... and priority is not always what we should expect it to be. It is clear ...
by diamondblast
Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:45 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Double helix sombrero, colliding galaxies (APOD 08 Mar 2008)
Replies: 13
Views: 11140

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2003/28/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg This is the link to the largest image I am aware of (HUGE IMAGE!!!!!) Sorry guy. Somehow this link doesn't work for me. Maybe because it's an old post .... anyway I will try to google for pics too. If there is new link please ...
by diamondblast
Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:34 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Lunar Eclipse (APOD 22 Feb 2008)
Replies: 6
Views: 3454

It would make a worthy backgroumd pic on my pc. :) Orin wow this is a great pic I can't stop looking at it. At first look I thought it's something made by photoshop or something. I hope it's ok that I will use it as background too. :) This is so impressive I think it will be placed at my office and...
by diamondblast
Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:16 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: EROS 3d Stereo (APOD 17 Feb 2007)
Replies: 4
Views: 5266

Re: Hear

My personal curiosity just might be enough to drive to to write a letter to the above mentioned institutions..Contemporary reports indicate nothing was damaged hile settling on the planeoid. .Pass the beer :D I actually wrote to John Hopkins University believe it or not. It was shortly after the la...