A pool of distant galaxies

The Chandra Deep Field South, observed in the U-, B-, and R-bands with ESO''s VIMOS and WFI instruments. The U-band VIMOS observations were made over a period of 40 hours and constitute the deepest image ever taken from the ground in the U-band. The image covers a region of 14.1 x 21.6 arcminutes on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times fainter than can be seen by the unaided eye. The VIMOS R-band image was assembled by the ESO/GOODS team from archival data, while the WFI B-band image was produced by the GABODS team.

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Credit:

ESO/ Mario Nonino, Piero Rosati and the ESO GOODS Team

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0839a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:7 november 2008
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0839
Grootte:4239 x 6480 px

Over het object

Naam:Chandra Deep Field South
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy
Afstand:z=3.7 (roodverschuiving)
Constellation:Fornax
Categorie:Cosmology
Galaxies

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Coordinates

Position (RA):3 32 27.50
Position (Dec):-27° 45' 2.56"
Field of view:14.48 x 22.14 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.0° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Ultraviolet
U
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS
Optisch
V
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS
Optisch
R
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI