The Scale of the Universe

Distance to the HDF

1.27 × 1026 m

The Hubble Deep Field is a picture of an empty spot in the night sky. The image had almost 3,000 objects in it - distant galaxies. It's unknown where these galaxies are now, but where they were 12.7 billion years ago is 12.7 billion light-years away from us.

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Distance to the HDF