Hubble's View of 18 Proto Galaxies
Embedded in this Hubble Space Telescope image of nearby and distant galaxies are 18 young galaxies or galactic building blocks, each containing dust, gas, and a few billion stars.
Each of these objects is 11 billion light-years from Earth and much smaller than today's galaxies.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9629a |
|---|---|
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 4 September 1996, 21:00 |
| Size: | 1113 x 1097 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Proto Galaxy |
|---|---|
| Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field |
| Category: | Cosmology |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |