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UDFj-39546284, Most Distant Galaxy Candidate Ever Seen in Universe. 1-26-2011.
Astronomers have pushed NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is likely to be the most distant object ever seen in the universe. The object's light traveled 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble, roughly 150 million years longer than the previous record holder. The age of the universe is approximately 13.7 billion years.
The farthest and one of the very earliest galaxies ever seen in the universe appears as a faint red blob in this ultra-deep–field exposure taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This is the deepest infrared image taken of the universe. Based on the object's color, astronomers believe it is 13.2 billion light-years away.
The most distant objects in the universe appear extremely red because their light is stretched to longer, redder wavelengths by the expansion of the universe.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field infrared exposures were taken in 2009 and 2010, and required a total of 111 orbits or 8 days of observing. The new Wide Field Camera 3 has the sharpness and near-infrared light sensitivity that matches the Advanced Camera for Surveys' optical images and allows for such a faint object to be selected from the thousands of other galaxies in the incredibly deep images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
Support -- LuisArmandoRasteletti (talk) 22:15, 31 January 2011 (UTC)- Support -- Very cool! What is the lower right b/w suppose to indicate? Jon C (talk) 23:35, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Request Can you please explain what the lower right image is? I see no connection between that one and the other images. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 05:49, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
- It is a grey-scale close-up of UDFj-39546284 (see [1], or around 0:32-0:34 into this video). The montage does indicate that this is a close-up view of the image above it, but I'd agree that the change from colour to grey-scale is confusing. --Avenue (talk) 01:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Neutral That's very interesting trivia, this might be good for 'Did you know?'s, but this, like most astronomical imagery, isn't really amazing quality-wise. I almost want to support it because it might be a good Picture of the Day... -- IdLoveOne (talk) 07:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Weak support Per IdLoveOne: interesting and useful image, but the quality leaves a bit to be desired. --TFCforever (talk) 05:07, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Oppose Scientifically splendid, encyclopedic woithout any doubts, but it's quality and design (rather "paperish" style - like from some publication) don't make me moved. For me it just looks like one of the zillion images from scientific journals. Masur (talk) 10:45, 5 February 2011 (UTC)- Oppose I think inserted (or montaged) pictures are frowned upon on FP. The big picture along with an annonation would tell the whole story.--Snaevar (talk) 12:44, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
