Ultra Deep Space Image

The hubble ultra deep field is an image of a small area of space in the constellation fornax created using hubble space telescope data from 2003 and 2004.

Ultra deep space image. The hubble ultra deep field image from 2012. Hubble ultra deep field galaxies galaxies everywhere as far as nasa s hubble space telescope can see. No galaxies have been seen before at such early times. The hubble ultra deep field hudf is an image of a small region of space in the constellation fornax containing an estimated 10 000 galaxies.

Ellis caltech and the hudf 2012 team one of the hubble space telescope s most iconic images is the hubble ultra deep field a view of. 24 2003 and jan. An image of the hubble ultra deep field released in 2004. This view of nearly 10 000 galaxies is called the hubble ultra deep field.

The snapshot includes galaxies of various ages sizes shapes and colours. The smallest reddest galaxies about 100 may be among the most distant known existing when the universe was just 800 million years old. The original release was combined from hubble space telescope data accumulated over a period from september 24 2003 through to january 16 2004. By collecting faint light over many hours of observation it revealed thousands of galaxies both nearby and very distant making it the deepest image of the universe ever taken at that time.

This view of nearly 10 000 galaxies is the deepest visible light image of the cosmos. The hudf image was at the time the most sensitive astronomical image ever made at visible wavelengths and it remained so until the hubble extreme deep field xdf was released in 2012. The images taken in the ultra deep field result from exposure time of over 11 days between sep. The hubble ultra deep field is an image of a small area of space in the constellation fornax created using hubble space telescope data from 2003 and 2004.

By collecting faint light over many hours of observation it revealed thousands of galaxies both nearby and very distant making it the deepest image of the universe ever taken at that time. The faintest and reddest objects in the image are galaxies that formed 600 million years after the big bang.