Scientists say that since the previous images were taken a decade and a half ago, the brightness of regions of the universe has dimmed by 1%, showing evidence of the mysterious “Dark Energy.” The Hubble’s new camera, WFC3, took the new images over 12 years, and scientists are planning to use it for other deep field images in the future.
NASA launched the Hubble telescope in 1990. The telescope had a main mirror 3.8 meters in diameter and collected light in the visible and near-infrared. It can detect celestial objects with an apparent magnitude of 30.0 or greater, with its main mirror made of reflective glass. The Hubble telescope is operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. The said telescope was built in such a way as to enable it to be serviced and repaired in situ.
What is the deep field telescope image?
The ‘DEEP FIELD’ image of a galaxy cluster contains over 4 billion galaxies. The image is from one of the large surveys conducted by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This image reveals the location of over 4 billion galaxies that could be seen only from telescopes observing at great distances. Deep field images are the result of observing small areas of the sky for long periods of time. Astronomers use these images to study galaxies in groups and clusters. The galaxy cluster that appears on the image is called Abell 2667. The cluster contains 1.7 billion stars and lies 5.9 billion light-years away.
Comparison of old and new deep field telescope images
The new Deep Field images allow us to see beyond planetary nebulae, which were present in the early universe. These new images show us galaxies from an earlier era than we thought existed, and we may be able to detect some faint objects never before seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. They are now allowing us to understand their formation!
It’s important to remember that images like these are completely unrelated. The image on the left is an infrared complete of 100,000 galaxies from 1995, and the one on the right is an infrared image spanning only 4,000 galaxies taken just last year. The fact that they look similar doesn’t mean the two images are necessarily related, but they demonstrate that this equipment can collect extremely high-quality data.
The new telescope images represent one of the best observational projects ever undertaken. The new telescope images offer us an extremely detailed, close-up, three-dimensional picture of the universe.