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Hubble Deep Field South Unveils Myriad Galaxies

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esahubble_opo9841d1 November 23rd, 1998

Credit: R. Williams (STScI), the HDF-S Team, and NASA/ESA

The deepest visible/ultraviolet light image of the universe ever taken, revealing galaxies down to 30th magnitude.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9841d1/

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: HDF-S • Hubble Deep Field South
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 33m 37.6s; DEC = -60° 33’ 27.3”
Orientation: North is 5.0° CW
Field of View: 0.8 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Tucana

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Ultraviolet (U)	300.0 nm

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ID: opo9841d1
Subject Category: D.6.1.1
Subject Name: HDF-S, Hubble Deep Field South
Credits: R. Williams (STScI), the HDF-S Team, and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1998-11-23T21:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9841d1/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass: I, V, B, U
Central Wavelength: 814, 606, 450, 300

Start Time
Integration Time: 100300, 81275, 100950, 140185
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 338.406549274, -60.5575706609
Reference Dimension: 600.0, 600.0

Reference Pixel: 300.0, 300.0
Scale: -2.31545088295e-05, 2.31545088295e-05
Rotation: -5.03999999999999
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: opo9841d1

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9841d1.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:52:15+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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