Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

Distant Galaxies

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 22, 1997 is “Distant Galaxies,” an image. It is credited to Credit R. Windhorst and S. Driver (ASU), W. Keel (Univ. Alabama), NASA. The original explanation runs about 79 words.

Distant Galaxies
Credit R. Windhorst and S. Driver (ASU), W. Keel (Univ. Alabama), NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“This Hubble Space Telescope image of a group of faint galaxies “far, far away” is a snap shot of the Universe when it was young. The bluish, irregularly shaped galaxies revealed in the image are up to eight billion light years away and seem to have commonly undergone galaxy collisions and bursts of star formation .”

— APOD editors, June 22, 1997

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
June 22, 1997
Type
Image
Credit
Credit R. Windhorst and S. Driver (ASU), W. Keel (Univ. Alabama), NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 79 words

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GalaxiesHubble Space Telescope

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