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ESOcast 140 Light: MUSE Dives into the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:01:37
Publish Date: 2017-11-29 05:00:00
Description: Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have conducted the deepest spectroscopic survey ever. They focused on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, measuring distances and properties of 1600 very faint galaxies including 72 galaxies that have never been detected before, even by Hubble itself. This wealth of new information is giving astronomers insight into star formation in the early Universe, and allows them to study the motions and other properties of early galaxies — made possible by MUSE’s unique spectroscopic capabilities.
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