Teenage galaxies in the distant Universe (unannotated)
This deep view of a tiny patch of sky in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster) shows a rich sea of galaxies at many different distances. A selection of these, seen as they were between three and five billion years after the Big Bang, was used in a new survey of the feeding habits of young galaxies as they grew through cosmic time that was made with ESO’s VLT and the SINFONI instrument.
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About the Image
Id: | eso1212b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 14 March 2012, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1212 |
Size: | 6719 x 6536 px |
About the Object
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 2 27 0.08 |
Position (Dec): | -4° 24' 0.79" |
Field of view: | 41.65 x 40.52 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Ultraviolet u | CFHT MegaCam |
Optical r | CFHT MegaCam |
Infrared z | CFHT MegaCam |