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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection Collection NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection Collection
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Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies Title Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies Title
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Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], ESA [ http://www.spacetel…], R. Windhorst (Arizona State University) and H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech) Acknowledgement Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], ESA [ http://www.spacetel…], R. Windhorst (Arizona State University) and H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech) Acknowledgement
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Hubble Ultra Deep Field Object Description: Optical Survey Position (J2000): R.A. 3h 32m 40s.0 Dec. -27° 48' 00" Constellation: Fornax Dimensions: The image is 3 arcminutes square. About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from the following proposal: 9978: HUDF Team (STScI). The science teams are: — A.J. Bunker (Univ.of Exeter U.K./ Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), E.R. Stanway (Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), R.S. Ellis (California Inst. of Tech.), and R.G. McMahon (Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.) — M. Stiavelli, S. M. Fall, and N. Panagia (STScI) — H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, California Inst. of Tech.) and R.A. Windhorst (Arizona State Univ.) — R.J. Bouwens and G.D. Illingworth (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), R.I. Thompson (Steward Obs./Univ. of Arizona), J.P. Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins Univ.), M.E. Dickinson (National Optical Astronomy Obs.), T.J. Broadhurst (The Hebrew Univ., Israel), D.J. Eisenstein and X. Fan (Steward Obs./Univ. of Arizona), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory, Netherlands), G. Meurer (Johns Hopkins Univ.), and P. van Dokkum (Yale Univ.) — S. Malhotra, J.E. Rhoads, N. Pirzkal and C. Xu (STScI) Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): September 24, 2003 - January 16, 2004 Exposure Time: 11.3 days Filters: F435W ("B"), F606W ("V"), F775W ("i"), F850LP ("z") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech) Release Date: September 23, 2004 Orientation: Most Distant Galaxy Candidates in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…] Fast_Facts Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Hubble Ultra Deep Field Object Description: Optical Survey Position (J2000): R.A. 3h 32m 40s.0 Dec. -27° 48' 00" Constellation: Fornax Dimensions: The image is 3 arcminutes square. About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from the following proposal: 9978: HUDF Team (STScI). The science teams are: — A.J. Bunker (Univ.of Exeter U.K./ Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), E.R. Stanway (Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), R.S. Ellis (California Inst. of Tech.), and R.G. McMahon (Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.) — M. Stiavelli, S. M. Fall, and N. Panagia (STScI) — H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, California Inst. of Tech.) and R.A. Windhorst (Arizona State Univ.) — R.J. Bouwens and G.D. Illingworth (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), R.I. Thompson (Steward Obs./Univ. of Arizona), J.P. Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins Univ.), M.E. Dickinson (National Optical Astronomy Obs.), T.J. Broadhurst (The Hebrew Univ., Israel), D.J. Eisenstein and X. Fan (Steward Obs./Univ. of Arizona), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory, Netherlands), G. Meurer (Johns Hopkins Univ.), and P. van Dokkum (Yale Univ.) — S. Malhotra, J.E. Rhoads, N. Pirzkal and C. Xu (STScI) Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): September 24, 2003 - January 16, 2004 Exposure Time: 11.3 days Filters: F435W ("B"), F606W ("V"), F775W ("i"), F850LP ("z") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech) Release Date: September 23, 2004 Orientation: Most Distant Galaxy Candidates in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…] Fast Facts
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Image Type:: Astronomical/Illustr ation note Image Type:: Astronomical/Illustr ation note
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Release Date:September 23, 2004 09:00 AM (EDT) note Release Date:September 23, 2004 09:00 AM (EDT) note
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News Release Number:: STScI-2004-28a note News Release Number:: STScI-2004-28a note
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Title:Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies note Title:Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies note
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Description: Detailed analyses of mankind's deepest optical view of the universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), by several expert teams have at last identified what may turn out to be some of the earliest star-forming galaxies. The sensitivity of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), combined with the penetrating power of the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), finally revealed these long-sought faint galaxies. The HUDF shows that close to a billion years after the big bang the early universe was filled with dwarf galaxies, but no fully formed galaxies like our Milky Way. After careful analysis, they have been sorted out as between 54 and 108 dim, red smudges sprinkled across the HUDF image. This image shows the full sample of candidates circled in green. Three enlargements at right show several dwarf objects that are at the limits of Hubble's present instrument capabilities. The HUDF is a small region of sky in the direction of the southern constellation Fornax. The faintest objects are less than one four-billionth the brightness of stars that can be seen with the naked eye. Their light has taken nearly 13 billion years to reach Earth, and so these objects represent some of the earliest star-forming galaxies to form in the universe. note Description: Detailed analyses of mankind's deepest optical view of the universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), by several expert teams have at last identified what may turn out to be some of the earliest star-forming galaxies. The sensitivity of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), combined with the penetrating power of the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), finally revealed these long-sought faint galaxies. The HUDF shows that close to a billion years after the big bang the early universe was filled with dwarf galaxies, but no fully formed galaxies like our Milky Way. After careful analysis, they have been sorted out as between 54 and 108 dim, red smudges sprinkled across the HUDF image. This image shows the full sample of candidates circled in green. Three enlargements at right show several dwarf objects that are at the limits of Hubble's present instrument capabilities. The HUDF is a small region of sky in the direction of the southern constellation Fornax. The faintest objects are less than one four-billionth the brightness of stars that can be seen with the naked eye. Their light has taken nearly 13 billion years to reach Earth, and so these objects represent some of the earliest star-forming galaxies to form in the universe. note
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