INTERNET STUDY
                                 “The Hubble Space Telescope”

During these assignments, unless given permission by the teachers to visit other websites, ONLY THE
WEBSITES LISTED BELOW WILL BE USED!  Failure to follow library rules of correct computer/internet use
will result in losing the privilege of using the computers.  Turn in your worksheets to the teacher after each day of
library work.

we will use the web site: “PROJECT ATHENA” - The address is:   http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov

Click on “SPACE” at the home web site page.
Then click on “Live from Hubble” (5th circle under ‘Solar System’). Read the information about the telescope.

1. The idea of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) first came about in the year _________ but the HST became
operational in the year __________.  click on “cutaway drawing” in the paragraph.

2. Name at least four parts that make up the Hubble Space Telescope (HST):
 ___________________    ___________________    ___________________    ___________________

3. The HST is powered by:   a) Batteries in the front     b) Solar panels which collect sunlight
    c) A gasoline tank in the back d) Uranium in the antenna for nuclear fission

4. (page back) The HST was released into a low orbit around the Earth in 1990.  How long does it take for HST
to complete an orbit around the Earth? _______________________.

Page down to the middle of the “live from Hubble” page and click on “pictures of Hubble & more info”
5. The primary mirror is _____________________ in diameter and weighs _____________________

6. Name four (4) elements used in the mirror for reflection or protection.
 ________________ __________________ _______________ ________________

go back a page and click on “The educational program live from Hubble” then click on the “Image Gallery”
icon, then under section II “other great Hubble images” click on the “long description” of the first HST
photograph “Cartwheel” to read the information about Cartwheel.

7. The Cartwheel is: a) a Galaxy of billions of stars (suns) b) a supernova remnant
   c) a stellar maternity ward  d) a collision of planets

8. What do astronomers believe happened between the Cartwheel Galaxy and one of the other two smaller nearby
galaxies? ____________________________________________________________________

  _____________________________________________________________________

back page and click on Cartwheel gif. to see the photo of the Cartwheel galaxy.

9. Draw a diagram of the Cartwheel Galaxy and the small neighbor galaxy you believe was the one that “ran a red
light” through Cartwheel. (scroll all the way to the right to see the full picture!)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

back page and click on the Long Description of Cygnus loop to read about it.
10. This photo shows a region of gas and dust about __________ light years away in the constellation
_______________ the _____________.  It is the result of _________________ or __________________ that
occurred about 15,000 years ago.  (you may back page and click on the CygnusLoop.gif photo to see it.)

click on Long Description of the M16 to read about the M16 nebula.
11. M16, or the Eagle Nebula is about _______________ light years from Earth.  The Eagle Nebula is:
   a) a Galaxy of billions of stars (suns) b) a supernova remnant
   c) a stellar maternity ward  d) a collision of planets

12. What is being born at spots within the pillars of the Eagle Nebula when the temperature gets hot enough?
 _______________________________________________________________________
 

13. Click on one other Hubble Space Telescope photo of your choice and briefly describe the photo you see,
include the name of the photo and any other information about it.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

(did you include the name of the picture?)