Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

The Deep Field

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 24, 1996 is “The Deep Field,” an image. It is credited to Credit: R. Williams, The HDF Team (STScI), NASA,. The original explanation runs about 147 words.

The Deep Field
Credit: R. Williams, The HDF Team (STScI), NASA, Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“The image above is part of the Hubble Deep Field and represents humanity’s most distant yet optical view of the Universe . Galaxies like colorful pieces of candy fill the field, some as faint as 30th magnitude (about four billion times fainter than stars visible to the unaided eye).”

— APOD editors, January 24, 1996

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
January 24, 1996
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: R. Williams, The HDF Team (STScI), NASA,
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 147 words

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