Close-up images of some of the most distant galaxies known

Eso_eso0326b_1024

eso_eso0326b August 21st, 2003

Credit: ESO

Close-ups of some of the most distant galaxies. Each of the high-redshift galaxies is highlighted by a white circle. The redshift of the object is indicated at the lower left corner of each image. All objects appear green in this image because they are not seen in the blue image and most of their light is emitted in the middle band that is rendered as green in the above three-colour image. Each image measures 30 arcsec on a side; this corresponds to approx. 500,000 light-years at the distance of these objects.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0326b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Galaxies
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Infrared (Z) 910.0 nm
Green VLT (FORS2) Infrared (I) 780.0 nm
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) 650.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0326b
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Galaxies
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-08-21T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0326b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
Z, I, R
Central Wavelength
910, 780, 650
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
665.0, 1002.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0326b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0326b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-02-04T17:05:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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