![Composite image showing about 10,000 galaxies of different distances from Earth, shapes, sizes, and colors in the visible and near infrared light spectrum.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14-151-hubble_1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) 2014
Astronomers previously studied the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) in visible and near-infrared light in a series of images captured from 2003 to 2009. The HUDF shows a small section of space in the southern-hemisphere constellation Fornax. Now, using ultraviolet light, astronomers have combined the full range of colors available to Hubble, stretching all the way from ultraviolet to near-infrared light. The resulting image, made from 841 orbits of telescope viewing time, contains approximately 10,000 galaxies, extending back in time to within a few hundred million years of the big bang.
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