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Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe Unveils Bewildering Galaxies across Billions of Years (1996)

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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Hubble Deep Field Object Description: Galaxy Field Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 49.50s Dec. +62° 12' 58.0" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 6,500 light-years (2,000 parsecs) About the Data Instrument: WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): December 18 - 28, 1995 About the Image Image Credit: NASA, R. Williams and The Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) Release Date: January 15, 1996 What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. The Hubble telescope has provided mankind's deepest, most detailed visible view of the universe. Representing a narrow "keyhole" view stretching to the visible horizon of the universe, the Hubble Deep Field image covers a speck of the sky only about the width of a dime 75 feet away. Though the field is a very small sample of the heavens, it is considered representative of the typical distribution of galaxies in space, because the universe, statistically, looks largely the same in all directions. Gazing into this small field, Hubble uncovered a bewildering assortment of at least 1,500galaxies at various stages of evolution. Read more: * Release Text *News Release Number:*: STScI-1996-01a

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