Hubble Deep Field South--Multiple windows on the Universe
The deepest visible/ultraviolet light image of the universe ever taken, revealing galaxies down to 30th magnitude. Glaring fiercely across 12 billion light-years of space is the brilliant beacon of a distant quasar (z=2.2). Most of the galaxies in this view lie between us and the quasar. The image was taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Light from the galaxies was also analysed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
Id: | opo9841e |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 23 November 1998, 21:00 |
Size: | 3736 x 3736 px |
About the Object
Name: | HDF-S, Hubble Deep Field South |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Constellation: | Tucana |
Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 22 32 56.03 |
Position (Dec): | -60° 33' 1.03" |
Field of view: | 2.48 x 2.48 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 5.7° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
---|---|
Ultraviolet |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Notes: The image was taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Light from the galaxies was also analysed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).