Hubble Deep Field details

Representing a narrow 'keyhole' view stretching all the way to the visible horizon of the universe, the HDF image covers a speck of sky a tiny fraction the diameter of the full Moon. This is so narrow, just a few foreground stars in our Milky Way Galaxy are visible and are vastly outnumbered by the menagerie of far more distant galaxies.

Credit:

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

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9601b2
Type:Observation
Release date:15 January 1996, 16:00
Size:997 x 415 px

About the Object

Name:HDF, Hubble Deep Field
Type:Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field
Constellation:Ursa Major
Category:Cosmology

Image Formats

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r.titleScreensize JPEG
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Coordinates

Position (RA):12 36 57.13
Position (Dec):62° 12' 47.30"
Field of view:0.66 x 0.28 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 59.7° left of vertical


Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Ultraviolet
Near-UV
300 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optical
B
450 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optical
V
606 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Infrared
I
814 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2

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