Half
the Universe
From February 22. to March 14. 2005
the Max-Planck-Institue for
Astronomy (Heidelberg), the Space Telescope Science Institute
(Baltimore), the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Munich) and "Sterne und
Weltraum" (Heidelberg) are hosting an exhibition in a connection tunnel
between two underground lines in Munich:
"Das halbe Universum - Half the Universe"
On an area of 2.5x21 metres the
largest colour mosaic taken
with the Hubble Space Telescope -the GEMS project- is impressively
introduced to the general public. For a virtual visit of the exhibition
explore (currently only in German):
For a direct link to a gallery of the
brightest 125 galaxies in GEMS click
here.