The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Explanation:
The above picture will be replaced later today
(between 9 and 10 am EST) by the newly released
Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF).
The
HUDF is expected to be the deepest image
of the universe ever taken in
visible light.
It is expected to show a sampling of the
oldest galaxies ever seen,
galaxies that formed just after the
dark ages, when the universe was only 5 percent of its
present age.
The
Hubble Space Telescope's
NICMOS and new
ACS cameras took the image.
Staring nearly 3 months at the same spot, the
HUDF is reported to be four times more sensitive, in some colors,
than the original
Hubble Deep Field (HDF),
currently pictured above.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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& Michigan Tech. U.