Hubble image archive
Merging Galaxies - 5.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth
CreditsNASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2011
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2011-30-2908-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Description | Merging Galaxies from the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Distance | 5.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The images released with this science finding were created from HST data from proposal : M. Davis (University of California, Berkeley). Notes: The science team for this release comprises: J. Lotz (STScI), P. Jonsson (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), T. J. Cox (Carnegie Observatories), D. Croton (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing/Swinburne University), J. Primack (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Somerville (STScI/JHU), and K. Stewart (NASA/JPL). The surveys used in this study include: COSMOS (HST; PI: N. Scoville; HST Archival Data), GEMS (PI: H.-W. Rix; HST Archival Data), GOODS (PI: M. Giavalisco; HST Archival Data), AEGIS (PI: M. Davis; HST Archival Data), HUDF (PI: S. Beckwith; HST Archival Data), and DEEP2 (PI: M. Davis; Keck Survey). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Dates | June 2004 – March 2005 |
| Filters | F555W (V) and F814W (I) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS/WFC instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using two different filters that isolate broad wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F555W (V) Green: F555W (V) + F814W (I) Red: F814W (I) |
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