Distant Galaxy in the Hubble Deep Field

Series of four panels that illustrate the distant-galaxy identification technique.

The F606W filter has been used to obtain this image.

Credit:

Ken Lanzetta and Amos Yahil (State University of New York at Stony Brook), and NASA/ESA

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9624a2
Type:Collage
Release date:26 June 1996, 22:00
Size:224 x 224 px

About the Object

Name:HDF, Hubble Deep Field
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy
Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field
Category:Cosmology
Galaxies

Image Formats

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Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
V
606 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2

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