HDF-S

stsci_1998-41f November 23rd, 1998

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

The carefully selected HDF-S target field in the constellation Tucana, as imaged by the 4-meter Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

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

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Image Details

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

Distance

12,000,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 32m 45.0s; DEC = -60° 34’ 5.6”
Constellation: Tucana

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	4-meter Blanco		-

ID: 1998-41f
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: 4-meter Blanco
Instrument
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 338.18762927250, -60.56822485194
Reference Dimension

Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9841f-f-639x639.tif

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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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12,000,000,000 light years