Glowing haloes around distant galaxies
This compound image shows the Hubble Ultra Deep Field region and highlights in blue the glowing haloes of gas around many distant galaxies discovered using the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile. The discovery of so many huge haloes, which radiate ultraviolet Lyma-alpha radiation, around many distant galaxies is one of the many results coming out of this very deep spectroscopic survey.
Credit:ESO/MUSE HUDF team.
About the Image
| Id: | eso1738c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 November 2017, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1738 |
| Size: | 866 x 876 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Hubble Ultra Deep Field |
| Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field |
| Constellation: | Fornax |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 3 32 38.65 |
| Position (Dec): | -27° 47' 15.47" |
| Field of view: | 2.89 x 2.92 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 42.0° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 438 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical Ly-α | 121 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical V | 547 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical R | 634 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |