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

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."

Re:2 million second exposure?

[Qzukk]

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.

Re:Hard to imagine the vastness

[TheGratefulNet]

Ok, I officially feel small now.

so..... can we have your liver, then?

Re:Hard to imagine the vastness

[PolygamousRanchKid]

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

Re:Hard to imagine the vastness

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

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

[icebike]

IANAA, but it is that it is all relative.

Exactly.

Re:Hard to imagine the vastness

[Pope]

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

Re:Meh

[Anonymous Coward]

Shut up Plato, or we'll demote you to dwarf philosopher. Don't think we won't.

Re:Hard to imagine the vastness

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

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.