Deep fields & lensing
Hubble Deep Field Galaxy in Visible Light
October 8, 1998 · NASA · HDF-N
In the visible-light picture, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in 1995, the galaxy looks uncharacteristically lumpy. That's because only the bright blue knots of starbirth are detected by the WFPC2.


