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Pahre (74-78)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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Chhant (924-929)
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Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
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Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
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It was bittersweet closure for me to see our astronauts safely return from servicing Hubble one last time. Their success retrofitted Hubble with a full suite of scientific instruments, batteries, gyroscopes and other equipment, making the telescope more powerful than ever and equipped it to explore well into the next decade.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Hubble was the result of a herculean effort by thousands of dedicated individuals including scientists, managers, engineers, support staff, NASA center personnel, contractors, international partners and astronauts. </p><p> Hubble has enabled our minds and spirits to travel billions of miles and billion of light years to bring the universe close up and personal. A large part of Hubble's success and longevity is due to worldwide public support for the telescope. 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Astronomers' dreams were finally fulfilled with a large, optically superb telescope orbiting above the Earth's distorting atmosphere to provide uniquely clear and deep views of the cosmos. During Hubble's initial check out, scientists discovered it was near-sighted. The supposedly perfect primary mirror had been ground into the wrong shape. This imperfection was one-fiftieth the width of a human hair, but it prevented light from the outer regions of the mirror coming into focus at the same point as light from the inner regions. In science terminology, this is called a spherical aberration. Instead of becoming a national treasure, Hubble was a national embarrassment. To me this compared to being on top of Mount Everest then tumbling down to Death Valley. While the mirror itself could not be fixed, a new camera and other instruments were developed with corrective optics to cancel out the aberration. In a sense, during a 1993 space shuttle mission, we gave Hubble glasses. To keep Hubble healthy, regular servicing missions were needed to replace failed components, install new hardware and enhance imaging capabilities. Missions were conducted in 1997, 1999, and 2002. In essence, shuttle astronauts were Hubble's physicians and surgeons. The final servicing mission launched aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in May 2009. Astronauts conducted unprecedented repairs and replaced instruments using new, untried techniques. It was bittersweet closure for me to see our astronauts safely return from servicing Hubble one last time. Their success retrofitted Hubble with a full suite of scientific instruments, batteries, gyroscopes and other equipment, making the telescope more powerful than ever and equipped it to explore well into the next decade. Hubble was the result of a herculean effort by thousands of dedicated individuals including scientists, managers, engineers, support staff, NASA center personnel, contractors, international partners and astronauts. Hubble has enabled our minds and spirits to travel billions of miles and billion of light years to bring the universe close up and personal. A large part of Hubble's success and longevity is due to worldwide public support for the telescope. Hubble is an instantly recognized science icon and its positive impact on the world will continue for decades. While the book "Hubble: A Journey Through Space and Time" represents a sampling of the telescopes' 20-year contributions, many of Hubble's greatest discoveries are yet to come. [I]The following ima[/I] [/QUOTE]
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