esahubble_opo9832f October 8th, 1998
Credit: Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona), and NASA/ESA
Two close-up NICMOS views of candidate objects which may be over 12 billion light-years away. Each candidate is centered in the frame. The reddish colour may mean all of the starlight has been stretched to infrared wavelengths by the universe's expansion. Alternative explanations are that the objects are closer to us, but the light has been reddened by dust scattering. A new generation of telescopes will be needed to make follow-up observations capable of establishing true distance.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9832f/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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