Dark Energy Survey deep field image
Ten areas in the sky were selected as “deep fields” that the Dark Energy Camera imaged several times during the survey, providing a glimpse of distant galaxies and helping determine their 3D distribution in the cosmos. The image is teeming with galaxies — in fact, nearly every single object in this image is a galaxy. Some exceptions include a couple of dozen asteroids as well as a few handfuls of foreground stars in our own Milky Way.
Credit:Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Acknowledgments: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller, M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2118a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | May 27, 2021, 8:30 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2118 |
Size: | 4200 x 2200 px |
About the Object
Name: | Sextans constellation |
Constellation: | Sextans |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
4.8 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
21.8 MB
Publication JPEG
4.1 MB
Screensize JPEG
322.4 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 9 59 13.46 |
Position (Dec): | 1° 18' 21.57" |
Field of view: | 18.41 x 9.64 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical g | 471 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical r | 640 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical i | 782 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |