Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South Image

Stsci_1998-41d_1024

stsci_1998-41d November 23rd, 1998

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

The deepest visible/ultraviolet light image of the universe ever taken, revealing galaxies down to 30th magnitude.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-41

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

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

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
12,000,000,000 light years
Stsci_1998-41d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 33m 37.3s
DEC = -60° 33’ 28.7”
Orientation
North is 5.7° CW
Field of View
0.8 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (STIS) Optical -
Stsci_1998-41d_1280
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ID
1998-41d
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
HDF-S
Credits
R. Williams (STScI), the HDF-S Team, and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-11-23T00:00:00
Lightyears
12,000,000,000
Redshift
12,000,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-41
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubble
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
338.40554309780, -60.55797443800
Reference Dimension
1500.00, 1500.00
Reference Pixel
820.70853306317, 666.87886645372
Scale
-0.00000909269, 0.00000909269
Rotation
-5.70299352021
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 539.70 507.30 857.00 820.00 442.51 415.26 708.00 677.00 506.97 364.57 808.00 600.00 518.55 338.41 824.73 557.11 464.35 508.93 741.31 822.55 Center Pixel Coordinates: 750.00 338.40701175739 750.00 -60.55727671901
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p9841d-f-1500x1500.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9841d-f-1500x1500.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/41
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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