The GOODS-South field

Eso_eso1013a_1024

eso_eso1013a March 24th, 2010

Credit: ESO/M. Hayes

This composite image of the GOODS-South field — the result of an extremely deep survey using two of the four giant 8.2-metre telescopes composing ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and a unique custom-built filter — shows some of the faintest galaxies ever seen. It also allows astronomers to determine that 90% of galaxies whose light took 10 billion years to reach us have gone undiscovered. The image is based on data acquired with the FORS and HAWK-I instruments on the VLT. It shows in particular two varieties of light emitted by excited hydrogen atoms, known as Lyman-alpha and H-alpha.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1013a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
GOODS South field
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso1013a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 32m 32.7s
DEC = -27° 47’ 20.4”
Orientation
North is 44.4° CCW
Field of View
7.5 x 7.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
VLT (HAWK-I) Optical (H-alpha) 2.1 µm
VLT (FORS1) Optical (Ly-alpha) 390.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Eso_eso1013a_1280
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ID
eso1013a
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
GOODS South field
Credits
ESO/M. Hayes
Release Date
2010-03-24T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1013a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
HAWK-I, FORS1
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, Ly-alpha
Central Wavelength
2100, 390
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.136414169, -27.7889989097
Reference Dimension
1787.0, 1787.0
Reference Pixel
893.5, 893.5
Scale
-6.96421461097e-05, 6.96421461097e-05
Rotation
44.419999999999995
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1013a
Metadata Date
2010-03-17T09:54:17+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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