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Hubble Space Telescope http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/ Learn about Hubble’s history, operations, and the team that makes it work. HUBBLE ESSENTIALS: Quick Facts 1. What was Edwin Hubble’s notable achievement which led to the space telescope being named after him? 2. When was the Hubble Space telescope launched into space? ________________________ 3. How long does it take to orbit the Earth? __________________________ 4. What was Hubble’s first image of? _____________________________________________ 5. Where does Hubble get its power?__________________How many watts?____________ NUTS & BOLTS: SPACE CRAFT SYSTEMS COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAE 6. How does NASA tell Hubble what to do? 7. How many antennae send and receive information Hubble? ______________ 8. What does TDRS stand for AND how many are there? T D R S How many?__________________ SOLAR ARRAYS FOR POWER 9. How long will a fully charged battery sustain the Hubble’s daily missions? HUBBLE'S COMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION 10. How many main computers are housed on Hubble? __________ 11. What are their functions? HOUSING HUBBLE'S FLESH AND BONES 12. How much can the temperature change during one orbit around Earth? 13. What protects Hubble from extreme temperature changes? INSTRUMENTS 14. List the 6 current instruments by their acronym and briefly describe what they do? Click the link “Is that what the pictures really look like?” then click “Color in Hubble Images” 15. Does Hubble record images in color? 16. How are the finished color images created here on Earth? 17. How can adding color be used as a tool? OPTICS (go back to NUTS & BOLTS) 18. What makes up Hubble’s Optical Telescope Assembly system? 19. What is the reflective material coating the mirrors made of? RESOLUTION 101 20. How much clearer are Hubble’s images compared to the best telescopes on the ground? WHERE IS HUBBLE NOW? – Find Hubble’s location in orbit. Track the telescope and other satellites. 21. Where is the Hubble Telescope now? Give the Latitude and Longitude. 22. Is Hubble using reserve battery power? 23. How fast does Hubble Travel in orbit? (miles/second) 24. How big is the Hubble Telescope? BEHIND THE PICTURES – The Hubble Space Telescope is noted for providing beautiful and often bizarre color pictures of galaxies, planets, and nebulae. Do the pictures really reflect the colors these objects would have if we visited them in a spacecraft? Why do some of the pictures have an unusual stair-step shape? 25. Does Hubble record images in color? 26. How are the finished color images created here on Earth? 27. What causes the stair step pattern seen on many of Hubble’s images?