GOODS South field
Among other data, scientists used the galaxies visible in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) to recalculate the total number of galaxies in the observable Universe.
The image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and covers a portion of the southern field of GOODS. This is a large galaxy census, a deep-sky study by several observatories to trace the formation and evolution of galaxies.
Credit:NASA, ESA/Hubble
About the Image
Id: | heic1620a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 13 October 2016, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1620 |
Size: | 31813 x 19425 px |
About the Object
Name: | GOODS South Field |
Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology |
Constellation: | Fornax |
Category: | Cosmology Galaxies |
Image Formats
Wallpapers
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 3 32 30.39 |
Position (Dec): | -27° 48' 11.28" |
Field of view: | 15.90 x 9.71 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 70.3° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical g | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared i | 775 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical z | 850 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |