Hubble image archive

Distant Galaxy GN-z11

CreditsNASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Date
Jan 1, 2016
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2016-07-3708-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameGN-z11
Object DescriptionFarthest Galaxy Candidate from CANDELS/GOODS-N Field
R.A. Position12h 36m 25.45s
Dec. Position62° 14' 31.39"
ConstellationUrsa Major
About The Data
Data DescriptionRecent data were obtained from the HST proposal , PI: P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), I. Labbé (Leiden University), G. Brammer (STScI), R. Bouwens and M. Franx (Leiden University), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), D. Magee (UCO/Lick Observatory/University of California, Santa Cruz), I. Momcheva (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), R. Smit (Durham University), M. Ashby, G. Fazio, J. Huang, and S. Willner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), V. Gonzalez (University of California, Riverside), R. Skelton (South African Astronomical Observatory), M. Trenti (University of Melbourne), and L. Spitler (Macquarie University/Australian Astronomical Observatory). The science team includes: P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens, I. Labbé, and M. Franx (Leiden University), I. Momcheva, M. Ashby, and G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), V. Gonzalez (University of California, Riverside), B. Holden and D. Magee (UCO/Lick Observatory/University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Skelton (South African Astronomical Observatory), R. Smit (Durham University), L. Spitler (Macquarie University/Australian Astronomical Observatory), M. Trenti (University of Melbourne), and S. Willner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).
InstrumentHST>WFC3/IR
Exposure DatesFebruary 11, 2015, and April 3, 2015

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