Constellation Region Around the HDF-S

Hubble Deep Field South Unveils Myriad Galaxies

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope view down a 12 billion light-year long corridor of space loaded with a dazzling assortment of thousands of never-before seen galaxies. This picture is the culmination of a 10-day-long observation called the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) which was...

Hubble Deep Field South – Multiple Windows on the Universe

Peering at a small patch of sky near the south celestial pole, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope used its full array of instruments to look nearly all the way across the universe. Called the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S), this new far-look complements the original Hubble "deep...

Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South Image

The deepest visible/ultraviolet light image of the universe ever taken, revealing galaxies down to 30th magnitude.

Spiral, Elliptical and Colliding Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South Image

Several thousand never-before-seen spiral, elliptical and colliding galaxies snap into view in this Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) image.

HDF-S

The carefully selected HDF-S target field in the constellation Tucana, as imaged by the 4-meter Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South Image

Hubble's Near Infrared and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) captures the "invisible light" coming from stars hidden in dusty galaxies, and galaxies that are so far away their light has been stretched beyond the red end of the visible spectrum.

Location of the HDF South on the Sky

Location of the HDF South on the Sky with Overlay

HDF-S on Ground-Based Image (with Hubble Overlay)

Location of the HDF South Sky Survey Image

HDF-S on Ground Based Image

Location of the HDF South Sky Survey Image on a ground-based image.

HDF-S on Ground-Based Image (with Hubble Overlay)

Deep ground-based image with location of HDF South.

HDF-S on Ground Based Image (without Hubble Overlay)

Deep ground-based image of HDF-S region.

Hubble Deep Field South Target

Turning its vision toward southern skies, the Hubble Space Telescope made a 10-day-long observation across the universe to uncover thousands of never-before-seen galaxies.

A STIS Absorption Spectrum

A beam of light coming to Earth from a distant quasar passes through numerous intervening gas clouds in galaxies and in intergalactic space. These clouds of primeval hydrogen subtract specific colors from the beam. The resulting "absorption spectrum," recorded by Hubbles Space...

Hubble Space Telescope Telescope Pointing at HDF North and South Targets

The Hubble Space Telescope is pointing north at a blank patch of sky above the Big Dipper. Next, shown in orbit, Hubble is slewing to point at the southern skies in the direction of the constellation Tucana, near the south celestial pole.

Zoom into the Hubble Deep Field from a Wide View of the Sky

The Hubble Deep Field South penetrates deep into a very small patch of the sky near the southern constellation Tucana. The ZOOM represents the Hubble looking at the distant universe to uncover thousands of never-before-seen galaxies.

Video News Release: The Hubble Deep Field South

EMBARGOED UNTIL 3:00 PM November 23, 1998 The Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore Maryland Ray Villard, Public Affairs Officer [00:1:55:00] Edited VIDEO NEWS RELEASE 2:24 VIDEO NEWS RELEASE ELEMENTS [00:04:42:00] Pointing Animation :15 The Hubble Space Telescope is...