The Hubble Ultra Deep Field seen with MUSE

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eso_eso1738a November 29th, 2017

Credit: ESO/MUSE HUDF collaboration

This colour image shows the Hubble Ultra Deep Field region, a tiny but much-studied region in the constellation of Fornax, as observed with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. But this picture only gives a very partial view of the riches of the MUSE data, which also provide a spectrum for each pixel in the picture. This data set has allowed astronomers not only to measure distances for far more of these galaxies than before — a total of 1600 — but also to find out much more about each of them. Surprisingly 72 new galaxies were found that had eluded deep imaging with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1738a/

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
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 32m 38.6s
DEC = -27° 47’ 15.5”
Orientation
North is 42.0° CW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (MUSE) Optical (R) 634.0 nm
Green VLT (MUSE) Optical (V) 547.0 nm
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso1738a
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Credits
ESO/MUSE HUDF collaboration
Release Date
2017-11-29T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1738a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
634, 547, 438
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.1610301078, -27.7876296839
Reference Dimension
866.0, 876.0
Reference Pixel
433.0, 438.0
Scale
-5.55386843166e-05, 5.55386843166e-05
Rotation
-41.999999999999993
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
eso1738a
Metadata Date
2017-11-21T15:31:06+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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