Katriel Kairos

9 months ago (19 notes)

#hubble
#deepfield
#universe
#galaxy
#space
#earth

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field

MARCH 9, 2004: Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute today unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible universe ever achieved by humankind. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the first galaxies to emerge from the so-called “dark ages,” the time shortly after the big bang when the first stars reheated the cold, dark universe. The new image should offer new insights into what types of objects reheated the universe long ago.
This historic new view is actually two separate images taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer (NICMOS). Both images reveal galaxies that are too faint to be seen by ground-based telescopes, or even in Hubble’s previous faraway looks, called the Hubble Deep Fields (HDFs), taken in 1995 and 1998.

In my opinion, the most important picture ever taken next to “Pale Blue Dot”. It shows how insignificant we are yet we have an opportunity everyday to do something and God still hasn’t forgotten about us no matter how tiny we are compared to everything else. A small (understatement) and seemingly-unimportant dot that we all call home.

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field

MARCH 9, 2004: Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute today unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible universe ever achieved by humankind. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the first galaxies to emerge from the so-called “dark ages,” the time shortly after the big bang when the first stars reheated the cold, dark universe. The new image should offer new insights into what types of objects reheated the universe long ago.

This historic new view is actually two separate images taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer (NICMOS). Both images reveal galaxies that are too faint to be seen by ground-based telescopes, or even in Hubble’s previous faraway looks, called the Hubble Deep Fields (HDFs), taken in 1995 and 1998.

In my opinion, the most important picture ever taken next to “Pale Blue Dot”. It shows how insignificant we are yet we have an opportunity everyday to do something and God still hasn’t forgotten about us no matter how tiny we are compared to everything else. A small (understatement) and seemingly-unimportant dot that we all call home.