Astronomy Picture of the Day 6-29-02

NASA ^ | 6-29-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell

[petuniasevan]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2002 June 29

A Deep Field In The Southern Sky
Credit: R. Williams (STScI), HDF-S Team, NASA

Explanation: This deep view of the cosmos is the sequel to the 1995 hit Hubble Space Telescope Deep Field. Billed as the Hubble Deep Field South, it was produced by pointing the space telescope toward a patch of sky in the southern constellation Tucana. Over a period of 10 days, many separate exposures were accumulated and combined to reveal progressively fainter galaxies. The original deep field was constructed by observing a piece of sky in the northern constellation Ursa Major. Both stare down 12 billion light-year long tunnels to far-off and still mysterious times when young galaxies inhabited an infant universe. Hubble Deep Field South observations were released to an enthusiastic audience on November 23, 1998.

[petuniasevan]

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[fnord]

weekend bump ... I love the multi-galaxy shots. thanks as always.

[RightWhale]

They come in groups connected by invisible threads of material. What's odd is the variety of shapes, sizes and internal structure. Shouldn't look at the colors because they are exaggerated. Galaxies are where it's happening, the spaces between galaxies might or might not have as much matter or even more, but it's cold --dust of ancient fires and gases of future fires.

[MozartLover]

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[Shermy]

Great pic.

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[Jeff Chandler]

Thank you for the daily diversion.

[Mike Darancette]

Worlds without end comes to mind.