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Hubble Building Blocks Galaxy at Redshift 4.88

Building block galaxy at redshift of 4.88 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. CreditsNASA, ESA, and N. Pirzkal (STScI/ESA)

Date
Jan 1, 2007
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2007-31-2173-image
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Building block galaxy at redshift of 4.88 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.

Credits

NASA, ESA, and N. Pirzkal (STScI/ESA)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameGalaxy in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF)
Object DescriptionDistant galaxy in the HUDF
ConstellationFornax
DistanceRedshift: 4.88
About The Data
Data DescriptionGRAPES HST Data The science data were selected based on findings from The Grism-ACS Program for Extragalactic Science (GRAPES), HST proposal : S. Malhotra et. al. The science team includes: N. Pirzkal (STSCI/ESA) S. Malhotra and J. Rhoads (Arizona State University), and C. Xu (Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics). HUDF HST Data This image of the HUDF was created from HST data from the following proposal: : S. Beckwith, S. Malhotra, M. Giavalisco, N. Panagia, J. Rhoads, M. Stiavelli, R. Somerville, S. Casertano, B. Margon, C. Blades, J. Caldwell, and M. Clampin (STScI), M. Corbin (STScI/CSC), M. Dickinson, H. Ferguson, and A. Fruchter (STScI), R. Hook (STScI/ECF), S. Jogee, A. Koekemoer, R. Lucas, M. Sosey, and L. Bergeron (STScI). NICMOS HUDF Data The NICMOS HUDF data were from proposal : R. Thompson (University of Arizona), G. Illingworth and R. Bouwens (university of California, Santa Cruz), M. Dickinson (STScI), D. Eisenstein and X. Fan (University of Arizona), M. Franx (University of Leiden), M. Rieke (University of Arizona), A. Riess (STScI), and P. van Dokkum (Yale University). The Spitzer science team includes: H. Yan (Caltech), M Dickinson (NOAO), D. Stern and P. Eisenhardt (Jet Propulsion Lab), R.-R. Chary (Caltech), M. Giavalisco (STScI), H. Ferguson and S. Casertano (STScI), C. Conselice (Caltech), C. Papovich (Steward Observatory), W. Reach (Caltech), N. Grogin (STScI), L. Moustakas (Jet Propulsion Lab), and M. Ouchi (STScI).
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC, HST>ACS/NICMOS, and SST>IRAC
Exposure DatesSeptember 24, 2003 - January 16, 2004, Exposure Time: 11.3 days (ACS/WFC), September 3, 2003 - November 27, 2003, Exposure Time: 11.3 days (ACS/NICMOS), and February 2004, Exposure Time: 5 days (IRAC)
FiltersACS/WFC: F435W (B), F606W (V), F775W (i), F850LP (z) ACS/NICMOS: F110W (J110) and F160W (H160) IRAC: 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns
About The Image
Color InfoBlue: F435W (B) Green: F606W (V) + F775W (i) Red: F850LP (z)

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