Hubble Deep Field South--Multiple Windows on the Universe

Hubble's Near Infrared and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) captures the 'invisible light' coming from stars hidden in dusty galaxies, and galaxies that are so far away their light has been stretched beyond the red end of the visible spectrum.

Credit:

R. Williams (STScI), the HDF-S Team, and NASA/ESA

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9841g
Type:Observation
Release date:23 November 1998, 21:00
Size:586 x 586 px

About the Object

Name:HDF-S, Hubble Deep Field South
Type:Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field
Constellation:Tucana
Category:Cosmology

Image Formats

r.titleLarge JPEG
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r.titleScreensize JPEG
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Coordinates

Position (RA):22 32 51.95
Position (Dec):-60° 38' 51.67"
Field of view:1.00 x 1.00 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 5.7° right of vertical


Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Infrared
J
1.1 μm Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS
Infrared
H
1.6 μm Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS
Infrared
K
2.2 μm Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS

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