The Hubble Deep Field

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esahubble_opo9601a1 January 15th, 1996

Credit: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA/ESA

Several hundred never before seen galaxies are visible in this 'deepest-ever' view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), made with the Hubble Space Telescope. Besides the classical spiral and elliptical shaped galaxies, there is a bewildering variety of other galaxy shapes and colours that are important clues to understanding the evolution of the universe. Some of the galaxies may have formed less that one billion years after the Big Bang.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9601a1/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HDF Hubble Deep Field
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 36m 54.7s
DEC = 62° 12’ 44.2”
Orientation
North is 23.5° CCW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

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 (Near-UV) 300.0 nm
Spectrum_base
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ID
opo9601a1
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
HDF, Hubble Deep Field
Credits
Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-01-15T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9601a1/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
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, Near-UV
Central Wavelength
814, 606, 450, 300
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
189.2280313, 62.2122848
Reference Dimension
1771.0, 1819.0
Reference Pixel
886.5, 910.5
Scale
1.10932349199e-05, 1.1075903975e-05
Rotation
23.5
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo9601a1
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:45:24+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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