A Universe Aglow

Eso_eso1832a_1024

eso_eso1832a October 1st, 2018

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO/ Lutz Wisotzki et al.

Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of atomic hydrogen surrounding distant galaxies. The exquisite sensitivity of MUSE allowed for direct observations of dim clouds of hydrogen glowing with Lyman-alpha emission in the early Universe — revealing that almost the whole night sky is invisibly aglow.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1832a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
Eso_eso1832a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 32m 38.7s
DEC = -27° 46’ 44.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.1 x 1.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue VLT (MUSE) Ultraviolet (Lyman-alpha) 121.6 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (i) 775.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (Z) 1.1 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Blue
Green
Orange
Green
Red
Red
Red
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ID
eso1832a
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO/ Lutz Wisotzki et al.
Release Date
2018-10-01T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1832a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
MUSE, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Green, Orange, Green, Red, Red, Red
Band
Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Lyman-alpha, B, V, I, i, Z, H, J
Central Wavelength
121.6, 435, 606, 814, 775, 1050, 1600, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.1610425136, -27.7789761097
Reference Dimension
2154.0, 2145.0
Reference Pixel
1077.0, 1072.5
Scale
-8.31716045047e-06, 8.31716045047e-06
Rotation
0.020000000000000007
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
eso1832a
Metadata Date
2018-09-26T18:11:13+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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