Comments on: What are the advantages of having the Hubble Telescope in orbit instead of on the ground? http://www.astronomag.com/hubble-telescope/what-are-the-advantages-of-having-the-hubble-telescope-in-orbit-instead-of-on-the-ground Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:27:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jackson http://www.astronomag.com/hubble-telescope/what-are-the-advantages-of-having-the-hubble-telescope-in-orbit-instead-of-on-the-ground/comment-page-1#comment-5407 Jackson Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.astronomag.com/hubble-telescope/what-are-the-advantages-of-having-the-hubble-telescope-in-orbit-instead-of-on-the-ground#comment-5407 so the atmosphere doesn't blur the images<br><b>References : </b><br> so the atmosphere doesn’t blur the images
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]]> By: kumorifox http://www.astronomag.com/hubble-telescope/what-are-the-advantages-of-having-the-hubble-telescope-in-orbit-instead-of-on-the-ground/comment-page-1#comment-5406 kumorifox Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:20:59 +0000 http://www.astronomag.com/hubble-telescope/what-are-the-advantages-of-having-the-hubble-telescope-in-orbit-instead-of-on-the-ground#comment-5406 By having the HST in orbit, the distorting effects of Earth's atmosphere are avoided in the images. When taking stellar images from the ground, atmospheric vibrations, dust and clouds, among other things, can have serious debilitating effects on the quality of the images. Since none of these atmospheric phenomena are present in Hubble's orbit, the images taken are of much higher quality. The HST was placed in orbit from a Space Shuttle, like a satellite. Since then, a number of Shuttle missions were launched to repair the telescope.<br><b>References : </b><br> By having the HST in orbit, the distorting effects of Earth’s atmosphere are avoided in the images.

When taking stellar images from the ground, atmospheric vibrations, dust and clouds, among other things, can have serious debilitating effects on the quality of the images. Since none of these atmospheric phenomena are present in Hubble’s orbit, the images taken are of much higher quality.

The HST was placed in orbit from a Space Shuttle, like a satellite. Since then, a number of Shuttle missions were launched to repair the telescope.
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