*Description*:> Artist's Concept This artist's concept of star formation in the early universe shows a field of dazzling proto-galaxies brightening as white-hot knots of stars are born within them. According to recent results from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the earliest stars may have formed in a torrential firestorm just a few hundred million years after the big bang. Technical facts about this news release: About these Objects Object Name: Hubble Deep Field (HDF) Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 49.5s Dec. +62° 12' 58.0" R.A. 22h 32m 56.0s Dec. -60° 33' 00.0" Constellation: Ursa Major Tucana About the Data Objects: HDF, HDF-S Instruments: WFPC2 , NICMOS Exposure Dates: All available HDF/HDF-S data from December 1995 to present. Filters: F110W, F160W, F222M, F300W, F450W, F606W, F814W About this Release Principal Astronomers: K. Lanzetta (SUNY Stony Brook), H.-W. Chen (Carnigie Observatories), A. Fernandez-Soto (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy), S. Pascarelle and N. Yahata (SUNY Stony Brook) Release Date: January 8, 2002 What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. Back to top [ #top ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-2002-02a
