HUBBLE ATLAS
Hubble Deep Field Galaxy in Visible Light (HDF-N) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Deep fields & lensing

Hubble Deep Field Galaxy in Visible Light

October 8, 1998 · NASA · HDF-N

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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.