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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

Deep Astronomy · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsData visualization & information design

What it is

A short video built around an animation of the roughly 10,000 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, placed at their measured redshift distances. It gives a brief history of deep field images and ends with a 3D fly-through.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a way to grasp the scale of the universe and what the Hubble deep field image means.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “This [0] IMHO gives more perspective”

    3D flythrough of Hubble Ultra Deep Field gives perspective on cosmic scale

    lloeki, 2012-03 · Strong recommendation · in “The universe is big. This big.”

  2. “But I would say that other media also had an impact.”

    Isinlor, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's one book that changed your life?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: hubble, deep field, galaxies, astronomy, visualization

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