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Early galaxies in HUDF WFC3/IR, close up 1

Esahubble_heic1001b_1024

esahubble_heic1001b January 5th, 2010

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory and University of California, Santa Cruz) and the HUDF09 Team

This Hubble image taken by the observatorys new Wide Field Camera 3 in Infrared highlights some of the oldest galaxies ever seen.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1001b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 32m 37.9s; DEC = -27° 45’ 58.6”
Orientation: North is 51.3° CCW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Fornax

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (Y)	1.1 µm

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ID: heic1001b
Subject Category: D.5.5.3
Subject Name: Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Credits: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory and University of California, Santa Cruz) and the HUDF09 Team

Release Date: 2010-01-05T16:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1001b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: H, J, Y
Central Wavelength: 1600, 1250, 1050

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 53.1580108636, -27.7662695906
Reference Dimension: 1020.0, 1020.0

Reference Pixel: 510.0, 510.0
Scale: -5.58205271558e-06, 5.58205271558e-06
Rotation: 51.299999999999905
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1001b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1001b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:41:16.815617
Metadata Version: 1.1

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