Hubble ACS Image of EGS-zs8-1

About the colours

This image was acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. The color results from assigning a hue (color) to a monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned color is: Blue: F160W (H)

About the data

Data of EGS-zs8-1 were obtained from the HST proposals 12060 , 12061 , 12062 , 12063 , 12064 , 12440 , 12442 , 12443 , 12444 , 12445 , 13056 PIs: S. Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz) and H. Ferguson (STScI) and 13792 , PI: R. Bouwens (University of Leiden).

The science team comprises: P. Oesch and P. van Dokkum (Yale University), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), R.J. Bouwens (Leiden Observatory), I. Momcheva (Yale University), B. Holden (UCO/Lick Observatory), G. Roberts-Borsani (Leiden Observatory), R. Smit (Durham University, UK), M. Franx and I. Labbe (Leiden Observatory), V. Gonzalez (University of California, Riverside), and D. Magee (UCO/Lick Observatory).