Full WFPC2 Mosaic - Full Resolution
One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provided one of the deepest, most detailed visible views of the universe. Representing a narrow "keyhole" view stretching to the visible horizon of the universe, the Hubble Deep Field image covers a speck of the sky only about the width of a dime 75 feet away. The field is a very small sample of the heavens but it is considered representative of the typical distribution of galaxies in space. In this small field, Hubble uncovered a bewildering assortment of at least 1,500 galaxies at various stages of evolution.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | HDF, Hubble Deep Field |
Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field |
Category: | Cosmology |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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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 |