Scale comparison with Moon

Composite image, showing the Moon superimposed over the cosmos, showing about half of Hubble's AEGIS field.

Credit:

HST Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Davis (University of California, Berkeley)
Moon Image Credit: T.A.Rector, I.P.Dell'Antonio/NOAO/AURA/NSF
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo0706g
Type:Collage
Release date:6 March 2007, 19:00
Size:4878 x 1800 px

About the Object

Name:Extended Groth Strip (EGS), Moon
Type:Solar System : Planet : Satellite
Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field
Category:Cosmology
Solar System

Image Formats

r.titleLarge JPEG
2.1 MB
r.titleScreensize JPEG
156.4 KB

Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
V
606 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optical
Pseudogreen (V+I)
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
Infrared
I
814 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
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