Farthest ever view of the universe assembled by combining 10 years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of humankind's deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, the photo was assembled by combining 10 years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken of a patch of sky at the center of the original Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The XDF is a small fraction of the angular diameter of the full Moon.