The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field

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The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @07:56AM from the do-the-dew dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "Astronomers have unveiled what may be the deepest image of the Universe ever created: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field, a 2 million second exposure that reveals galaxies over 13 billion light years away. The faintest galaxies in the images are at magnitude 31, or one-ten-billionth as bright as the faintest object your naked eye can detect. Some are seen as they were when they were only 500 million years old."

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Re:2 million second exposure? by Qzukk · 2012-09-25 08:03 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm not saying it can't be done, only that this seems a bit off.
It would have been longer but the guy with the finger on the shutter button had a sudden nose itch, and well, you know how it goes.

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Re:Hard to imagine the vastness by TheGratefulNet · 2012-09-25 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Ok, I officially feel small now.
so..... can we have your liver, then?

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Re:Hard to imagine the vastness by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2012-09-25 08:11 · Score: 3, Funny

5) the fact that the universe could smile and say "cheese" so long . . .

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Re:Hard to imagine the vastness by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2012-09-25 08:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Space, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Re:Hard to imagine the vastness by icebike · 2012-09-25 08:16 · Score: 3, Funny

IANAA, but it is that it is all relative.
Exactly.

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Re:Hard to imagine the vastness by Pope · 2012-09-25 08:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Space is big
Space is dark
It's hard to find
A place to park
Burma Shave

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Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-25 09:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Shut up Plato, or we'll demote you to dwarf philosopher. Don't think we won't.
Re:Hard to imagine the vastness by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2012-09-25 11:35 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't meet a different cat every time I make a choice to feed mine wet or dry food. It's the same cat.

No fair - you peeked.