Hubble studies compact galaxies loaded with stars
These images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show nine compact, ultra-dense galaxies as they appeared 11 billion years ago.
The galaxies are only 5,000 light-years across and yet are 200 billion times more massive than the Sun. They are a fraction of the size of today's grownup galaxies but contain the same number of stars. Each galaxy could fit inside the central hub of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer snapped these images between June 2006 and June 2007.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0811a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 29 April 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0811 |
| Size: | 2500 x 2500 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 1030-1813, 1030-2559, 1256-0, 1256-142, 1256-1967, ECDFS-11490, ECDFS-5856, HDFS1-1849, HDFS2-2046 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |