‘Zooming In’ to the Deep Field

Hubble Deep Field Image Unveils Myriad Galaxies Back to the Beginning of Time

Several hundred never before seen galaxies are visible in this "deepest-ever" view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Besides the classical spiral and elliptical shaped galaxies, there is a bewildering variety of other...

Sample Galaxies from the Hubble Deep Field Image

These three images represent select portions of the sky as seen in the Hubble Deep Field observation – the "deepest-ever" view of the universe, made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The images, extracted from the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), were assembled from many separate...

Hubble Deep Field Image at Full Resolution

Hubble Deep Field Image at Half Resolution

Hubble Deep Field Image at Quarter Resolution

Illustration Showing Geometry of the HDF Observations

Illustration of Increased Sensitivity of the HDF