Teenage galaxies in the distant Universe (unannotated)

Eso_eso1212b_1024

eso_eso1212b March 14th, 2012

Credit: ESO/CFHT

This deep view of a tiny patch of sky in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster) shows a rich sea of galaxies at many different distances. A selection of these, seen as they were between three and five billion years after the Big Bang, was used in a new survey of the feeding habits of young galaxies as they grew through cosmic time that was made with ESO’s VLT and the SINFONI instrument.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1212b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS)
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
Eso_eso1212b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 27m 0.1s
DEC = -4° 24’ 0.8”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
41.7 x 40.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red CFHT (MegaCam) Infrared (z) -
Green CFHT (MegaCam) Optical (r) -
Blue CFHT (MegaCam) Ultraviolet (u) -
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ID
eso1212b
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS)
Credits
ESO/CFHT
Release Date
2012-03-14T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1212b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
CFHT, CFHT, CFHT
Instrument
MegaCam, MegaCam, MegaCam
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
z, r, u
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
36.750315968, -4.40021859922
Reference Dimension
6719.0, 6536.0
Reference Pixel
1720.79430853, 3932.17045102
Scale
-0.00010332201, 0.00010332201
Rotation
0.07996588236
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
eso1212b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1212b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2012-03-07T12:37:58+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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