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The Deepest Photo Ever Taken

Posted by timothy on from the whoah-dude-that's-deeeeep dept.

Astroturtle writes "Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope's powerful new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) have taken the deepest visible-light image ever made of the sky. The 3.5-day (84-hour) exposure captures stars as faint as 31st magnitude, according to Tom M. Brown (Space Telescope Science Institute), who headed the eight-person team that took the picture."

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  1. How? by r84x · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How did they take this over 3.5 days? Didn't the sun get in the way? Last time I checked, only regions north of the arctic circle get no light for a few days, and that only occurs at specific times of year, so... what gives?

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  2. Re:article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Again, this guy's name is CowbovNeal, not CowboyNeal. He's attempting to collect karma points, probably so that he can troll the site. Moderators, please take those points back away from him.

  3. Fuck off Racist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's a shame that someone with such a grasp of maths is so stupid to think that because his skin is white, that makes him better than people with darker skin. Just shows you ain't really that 'smart'.

  4. Re:It would be interesting to know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I see that you hate Jews as well as non-whites. So what is your opinion on Albert Einstein, since he was a Jew? Is he inferior to you because of this simple fact?