Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

09.22.2009

Courtesy Photo

NASA

Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Abell 1689 Object Description: Galaxy Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 13h11m 34s.20 Dec. -01° 21' 56".0 Constellation: Virgo Distance: The distance to the lensing cluster is 2.2 billion light-years (675 megaparsecs). The distance to the lensed galaxy is about 12.8 billion light-years. About the Data Science Team: L. Bradley (The Johns Hopkins University), R. Bouwens (University of California - Santa Cruz), H. Ford (The Johns Hopkins University), G. Illingworth (University of California - Santa Cruz), M. Jee (University of California - Davis), N. Benítez (Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental), T. Broadhurst (Tel Aviv University), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), B. Frye (Dublin City University), L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Católica), V. Motta (Universidad de Valparaíso), P. Rosati (European Southern Observatory), R. White (Space Telescope Science Institute), and W. Zheng (The Johns Hopkins University). Data: Hubble ACS The ACS data used in this study was from HST proposal 9289. Hubble NICMOS The NICMOS data used in this study was from HST proposals: 10150 and 10996. Spitzer he archival data used in this study was from Spitzer proposal 20439. Instrument: ACS/WFC NICMOS/NIC3 IRAC Filters: F475W ("g"), F625W ("r"), F775W ("i"), F850LP ("z") F110W ("J"), F160W ("H") IRAC 1 3.6 microns IRAC 2 4.5 microns Exposure Date(s): June 12-21, 2006 F110W: March 18-May 28, 2005 F160W: June 14, 2007 Feb 11-12, 2006 Exposure Time: 13.2 hours F110W: 13.4 hours F160W: 0.7 hours 22.2 hours About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Bradley (JHU), R. Bouwens (UCSC), H. Ford (JHU), and G. Illingworth (UCSC) Release Date: February 12, 2008 Color: The color image of Abell 1689 is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: F475W ("g") blue F625W ("r") green F850LP ("z") red Orientation: Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2008/08/images/b/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-2008-08b

NASA Identifier: SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2008-08b

• Date Taken: 09.22.2009
• Date Posted: 10.10.2012 17:29
• Photo ID: 713596
• Resolution: 1536x1356
• Size: 653.2 KB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US