Astronomy

Supermoon
Supermoon
The sky was crystal clear over Western New York last night for what's called a Supermoon, but this Supermoon is extraordinarily special.  The moon was full and very bright and although you really couldn't tell, it's the closest the moon has been to Earth since 1948.
Hubble Telescope – Dale’s Daily Data
Hubble Telescope – Dale’s Daily Data
Conceived in the 1940’s, designed in the 1970’s, built in the 1980’s, it was in April of 1990 that the Hubble telescope was placed into orbit by the crew of the space shuttle Discovery.  A major problem during its design though was that the lenses were incorrectly calculated, so the first images were blurry.  A repair mission three years later basically outfitted Hubble with glasses.  It worked an