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허블 우주 망원경 30년

sosohaniyagi 2020. 5. 27. 18:08

NGC 6302 Bug, nebula classification: planetary, nebula position: 17h 13m, –37° 06′ (Scorpius), distance from Earth: 3,800 ly, instrument/year: WFC3/UVIS, 2009. Image © NASA, ESA, and Hubble SM4 ERO Team

올해가 허블 우주 망원경이 처음으로 발사된 지 30주년이 되는 해입니다.
우물 안 개구리가 우물 밖으로 기어 올라와 저 멀리 보이는 바다를 처음 본 것과 같이
지구인은 허블 우주 망원경을 쏘아올려 우주에서 우리가 먼지같은 존재임을 자각하고 미지의 우주를 이해하려고 노력하고 있습니다.
우주적 관점에서 보자면 작디 작은 지구에서 그 짧은 삶을 살기 위해 아웅다웅 매일 전쟁을 하면서 서로 미워하며 살고 있는 우둔한 인간이라는 종족이 살고 있는 듯 합니다.
살아갈 수 있는 곳은 지구 뿐인데 자신이 살고 있는 곳을 살 수 없는 곳으로 열심히 만들면서 말입니다.
정말 미련하죠? ^^;

한 발치도 가까이 다가가지도 못하지만 경이로운 지구 밖 사진을 허블 망원경을 통해 감상해 봅니다.

NGC 7635 Bubble, nebula classification: star-forming, nebula position: 23h 21m, +61° 12′ (Cassiopeia), distance from Earth: 7,100 ly, instrument/year: WFC3/UVIS, 2016. Image © NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
NGC 2264 Cone, nebula classification: star-forming, nebula position: 06h 41m, +09° 25′ (Monoceros), distance from Earth: 2,500 ly, instrument/year: ACS/WFC, 2002. Image © NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M. CLampin and G. Hartiq (STScI), the ACS Science Team
Hubble repairmen, STS-103, December 27, 1999. From their perch 350 miles above Earth’s surface, astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld replace the gyroscopes in rate sensor units inside Hubble. Image © NASA and ESA