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Feb4
NASA Looking to Internet Users for Hubble Images
NASA wishes now for the public to decide where in the universe it will next point its powerful Hubble Space Telescope. The space agency is wishing for Internet users to go to the Hubble website and vote for 1 of a 6 astronomical objects for the celebrated telescope to examine for the first time. The options include 4 distant galaxies (two of which are colliding), 2 planetary nebulas and 1 star-forming dust cloud.
Voting will end March 1. After voting is examined, Hubble’s powerful camera will snap a high-resolution image revealing new details about the object that gets the most votes. The picture will be released in early April during the International Year of Astronomy’s “100 Hours of Astronomy.” Each voter will be entered into a random draw to receive one of 100 copies of the Hubble photograph made of the winning celestial body. Voting can be made here.
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