Sentences with phrase «distant objects in the sky»

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This survey, called the «Hubble Ultra Deep Field,» (in 1995 and 1998) was targeted on a region of the sky that was nearly devoid of known objects, so as to be (hopefully) representative of conditions in the distant Universe.

The Hubble Space Telescope's «Ultra Deep Field» reveals about 10,000 objects in a tiny patch of sky, including some of the most distant galaxies ever seen.

Guyon adds that the system will help astronomers to study the skies more efficiently, by bringing large objects, such as nearby galaxies, into focus all at once, and by allowing more distant objects to be studied in a single snapshot.

We train our telescopes on small patches of sky for long spells, trying to drink in as much faint light from distant objects as possible.

For instance, look at the recent use of the Cosmic Evolution Survey, using the Hubble Space Telescope to study gravitational lensings [in which the gravitational pull of galaxies and dark matter bends the light from more distant objects] in an area of the sky nine times the apparent surface area of the full moon.

The instrument is the «best tool» for picking out dim, extremely distant objects lost in huge swaths of sky, Batygin said.

The bigger the telescope's aperture, the more light is collected and therefore the dimmer and more distant the objects in the night sky that can be imaged.

Going outside at night at one of these observatories and seeing the eyes of giant telescopes staring up at the sky, gathering in photons from distant objects, is an extraordinary experience.