A pool of distant galaxies
The Chandra Deep Field South, observed in the U-, B-, and R-bands with ESO''s VIMOS and WFI instruments. The U-band VIMOS observations were made over a period of 40 hours and constitute the deepest image ever taken from the ground in the U-band. The image covers a region of 14.1 x 21.6 arcminutes on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times fainter than can be seen by the unaided eye. The VIMOS R-band image was assembled by the ESO/GOODS team from archival data, while the WFI B-band image was produced by the GABODS team.
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Credit:ESO/ Mario Nonino, Piero Rosati and the ESO GOODS Team
About the Image
| Id: | eso0839a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 November 2008 |
| Related releases: | eso0839 |
| Size: | 4239 x 6480 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Chandra Deep Field South |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy |
| Distance: | z=3.7 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Fornax |
| Category: | Cosmology Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 3 32 27.50 |
| Position (Dec): | -27° 45' 2.56" |
| Field of view: | 14.48 x 22.14 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Ultraviolet U | Very Large Telescope VIMOS |
| Optical V | Very Large Telescope VIMOS |
| Optical R | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |