Spiral, Elliptical and Colliding Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South Image

Stsci_1998-41e_1024

stsci_1998-41e November 23rd, 1998

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

Several thousand never-before-seen spiral, elliptical and colliding galaxies snap into view in this Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) image.

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/

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
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 32m 45.0s
DEC = -60° 34’ 5.6”
Orientation
North is 6.0° CW
Field of View
2.4 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 300.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 450.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
1998-41e
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
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
U, V, I
Central Wavelength
300, 450, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
338.18762927250, -60.56822485194
Reference Dimension
3717.00, 3869.00
Reference Pixel
3687.59183588038, 70.28485562780
Scale
-0.00001096047, 0.00001096047
Rotation
-6.02093186942
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 657.68 542.40 3297.83 2971.61 644.76 569.48 3258.14 3040.67 647.87 549.77 3271.63 2987.49 673.47 614.99 3316.97 3161.60 667.38 635.72 3298.32 3210.41 668.12 607.79 3304.17 3141.89 661.24 669.63 3273.12 3293.28 711.23 744.52 3376.03 3496.95 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1858.50 338.23378703680 1934.50 -60.55008741494
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-p9841e-f-3717x3869.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9841e-f-3717x3869.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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