Teenage galaxies in the distant Universe (unannotated)

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This deep view of a tiny patch of sky in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster) shows a rich sea of galaxies at many different distances. A selection of these, seen as they were between three and five billion years after the Big Bang, was used in a new survey of the feeding habits of young galaxies as they grew through cosmic time that was made with ESO’s VLT and the SINFONI instrument.

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ESO/CFHT

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About the Image

Id:	eso1212b
Type:	Observation
Release date:	14 March 2012, 12:00
Related releases:	eso1212
Size:	6719 x 6536 px

About the Object

Name:	VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS)
Type:	• Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field • Cosmology

Coordinates

Position (RA):	2h 27m 0.08s
Position (Dec):	-4° 24' 0.79"
Field of view:	41.65 x 40.52 arcminutes
Orientation:	North is 0.1° left of vertical