Location and size of the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (ground-based image)

Date: 25 September 2012
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF)
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay (STScI), T. Rector, I. Dell'Antonio/NOAO/AURA/NSF, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University) and the HUDF09 Team
This image from the Digitzed Sky Survey shows the area around the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), located in the constellation of Fornax (The Furnace). The full Moon is shown to scale for comparison. Note that the Moon does not actually pass through Fornax.
Last Update: 1 September 2019