Showing posts with label Hubble Deep Field. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hubble Deep Field. Show all posts

Friday, January 8, 2010

The Hubble Space Telescope in Action

With a hat tip to the BBC's The Big Picture which featured this photo, here is another of those brilliant Hubble images for you to enjoy...


From the article:


"The image shows a rich tapestry of 7,500 galaxies stretching back through most of the universe's history. The closest galaxies seen in the foreground emitted their observed light about a billion years ago. The farthest galaxies, a few of the very faint red specks, are seen as they appeared more than 13 billion years ago, or roughly 650 million years after the Big Bang. This mosaic spans a slice of space that is equal to about a third of the diameter of the full Moon (10 arcminutes)."



Follow the link to Hubblesite.org for the full details and a chance to download larger, higher-quality versions of this image.