Good bye dark age

Esahubble_opo0305a_1024

esahubble_opo0305a January 9th, 2003

Credit: NASA/ESA, H.-J. Yan, R. Windhorst and S. Cohen (Arizona State University)

Researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope believe they are seeing the conclusion of the cosmic epoch where the young galaxies started to shine in significant numbers. This marks a time when the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the universe was completed, about 13 billion years ago (based on an estimate of 14 billion years for the current age of the universe).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0305a/

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
Galaxies
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (ACS) Infrared (Z) 850.0 nm
Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 775.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0305a_1280
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ID
opo0305a
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
Galaxies
Credits
NASA/ESA, H.-J. Yan, R. Windhorst and S. Cohen (Arizona State University)
Release Date
2003-01-09T18:20:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0305a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Z, I
Central Wavelength
850, 775
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1128.0, 753.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0305a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:22:58+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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