Hubble Deep Field in Infrared

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esahubble_opo9832e 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/opo9832e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, 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
Galaxy
Esahubble_opo9832e_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 36m 47.6s
DEC = 62° 11’ 59.8”
Orientation
North is 37.3° CW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (b) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo9832e_1280
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ID
opo9832e
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
HDF, Hubble Deep Field
Credits
Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-10-08T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9832e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
H, J, b
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
189.19816449, 62.1999308582
Reference Dimension
300.0, 300.0
Reference Pixel
150.0, 150.0
Scale
-4.62548912581e-06, 4.62548912581e-06
Rotation
-37.320000000000029
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9832e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:50+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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