About the Object Object Name: Abell 1689 Object Description: Galaxy Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 13h11m 34s.20 Dec. -01° 21' 56".0 Constellation: Virgo Distance: The distance to the lensing cluster is 2.2 billion light-years (675 megaparsecs). The distance to the lensed galaxy is about 12.8 billion light-years. About the Data Science Team: L. Bradley (The Johns Hopkins University), R. Bouwens (University of California - Santa Cruz), H. Ford (The Johns Hopkins University), G. Illingworth (University of California - Santa Cruz), M. Jee (University of California - Davis), N. Benítez (Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental), T. Broadhurst (Tel Aviv University), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), B. Frye (Dublin City University), L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Católica), V. Motta (Universidad de Valparaíso), P. Rosati (European Southern Observatory), R. White (Space Telescope Science Institute), and W. Zheng (The Johns Hopkins University). Data:
Hubble ACS
The ACS data used in this study was from HST proposal 9289.
Hubble NICMOS
The NICMOS data used in this study was from HST proposals: 10150 and 10996.
Spitzer
he archival data used in this study was from Spitzer proposal 20439.
Instrument: ACS/WFC NICMOS/NIC3 IRAC Filters: F475W ("g"), F625W ("r"), F775W ("i"), F850LP ("z") F110W ("J"), F160W ("H") IRAC 1 3.6 microns IRAC 2 4.5 microns Exposure Date(s): June 12-21, 2006 F110W: March 18-May 28, 2005 F160W: June 14, 2007 Feb 11-12, 2006 Exposure Time: 13.2 hours F110W: 13.4 hours F160W: 0.7 hours 22.2 hours About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Bradley (JHU), R. Bouwens (UCSC), H. Ford (JHU), and G. Illingworth (UCSC) Release Date: February 12, 2008 Color:
The color image of Abell 1689 is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F475W ("g") blue F625W ("r") green F850LP ("z") red
About the Object Object Name: Abell 1689 Object Description: Galaxy Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 13h11m 34s.20 Dec. -01° 21' 56".0 Constellation: Virgo Distance: The distance to the lensing cluster is 2.2 billion light-years (675 megaparsecs). The distance to the lensed galaxy is about 12.8 billion light-years. About the Data Science Team: L. Bradley (The Johns Hopkins University), R. Bouwens (University of California - Santa Cruz), H. Ford (The Johns Hopkins University), G. Illingworth (University of California - Santa Cruz), M. Jee (University of California - Davis), N. Benítez (Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental), T. Broadhurst (Tel Aviv University), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), B. Frye (Dublin City University), L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Católica), V. Motta (Universidad de Valparaíso), P. Rosati (European Southern Observatory), R. White (Space Telescope Science Institute), and W. Zheng (The Johns Hopkins University). Data:
Hubble ACS
The ACS data used in this study was from HST proposal 9289.
Hubble NICMOS
The NICMOS data used in this study was from HST proposals: 10150 and 10996.
Spitzer
he archival data used in this study was from Spitzer proposal 20439.
Instrument: ACS/WFC NICMOS/NIC3 IRAC Filters: F475W ("g"), F625W ("r"), F775W ("i"), F850LP ("z") F110W ("J"), F160W ("H") IRAC 1 3.6 microns IRAC 2 4.5 microns Exposure Date(s): June 12-21, 2006 F110W: March 18-May 28, 2005 F160W: June 14, 2007 Feb 11-12, 2006 Exposure Time: 13.2 hours F110W: 13.4 hours F160W: 0.7 hours 22.2 hours About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Bradley (JHU), R. Bouwens (UCSC), H. Ford (JHU), and G. Illingworth (UCSC) Release Date: February 12, 2008 Color:
The color image of Abell 1689 is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F475W ("g") blue F625W ("r") green F850LP ("z") red
*Title*:Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
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*Title*:Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2008-08f
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2008-08f
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*Description*:
This is an artist's impression of an embryonic galaxy brimming with star birth in the early universe, less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxy is still forming and looks nothing like the majestic spiral and elliptical galaxies that are neighbors of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The illustration shows several tight clusters of stars bursting to life. They are surrounded by glowing bubbles of hydrogen gas produced by massive stars erupting as supernovae. A tapestry of young, developing galaxies is in the background.
The Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes discovered a young star-forming galaxy like the one in this illustration. The galaxy spied by Hubble and Spitzer was born just 700 million years after the Big Bang.
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*Description*:
This is an artist's impression of an embryonic galaxy brimming with star birth in the early universe, less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxy is still forming and looks nothing like the majestic spiral and elliptical galaxies that are neighbors of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The illustration shows several tight clusters of stars bursting to life. They are surrounded by glowing bubbles of hydrogen gas produced by massive stars erupting as supernovae. A tapestry of young, developing galaxies is in the background.
The Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes discovered a young star-forming galaxy like the one in this illustration. The galaxy spied by Hubble and Spitzer was born just 700 million years after the Big Bang.
