NICMOS Image of Faint Galaxies

stsci_1998-32d October 8th, 1998

Credit: Rodger I. Thompson (University o

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the faintest galaxies ever seen in the universe, taken in infrared light with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS)

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-32

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: HDF-N
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 36m 43.0s; DEC = 62° 11’ 53.2”
Orientation: North is 36.8° CW
Field of View: 0.9 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm

ID: 1998-32d
Subject Category: D.6.1.1
Subject Name: HDF-N
Credits: Rodger I. Thompson (University o

Release Date: 1998-10-08T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-32

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: B, J, H
Central Wavelength: 450, 1100, 1600

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 189.17899927590, 62.19810240790
Reference Dimension: 549.00, 552.00

Reference Pixel: 269.83371335213, 16.30257072086
Scale: -0.00002836043, 0.00002836043
Rotation: -36.84091220928
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 218.51 205.99 33.05 493.29 215.22 233.13 11.02 443.72 181.06 234.72 69.77 406.39 161.64 196.59 141.99 452.90 150.77 203.70 153.99 429.68 Center Pixel Coordinates: 274.50 189.18828181753 276.00 62.20409722298

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URL: http://hubblesite.org
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Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9832d-f-549x552.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9832d-f-549x552.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/32

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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