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This figure shows the layout of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys fields which are stitched together to form the largest color mosaic ever taken by HST. The numbered tiles are the GEMS tiles, the inner tiles are from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, and are used to complete the full moon-sized color image. The small black outline shows the size of the Hubble Deep Field North for comparison. The field is in the constellation of Fornax in the Southern Hemisphere, and the full moon is overlaid for comparison.
SOURCE: Boris Haeussler and the GEMS collaboration
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This figure shows a particularly spectacular double galaxy
interaction in the GEMS field. In the
foreground are two interacting spiral galaxies; while in the distant
background is
another pair of interacting spiral galaxies.
SOURCE: Boris Hauessler, Marco Barden and the GEMS collaboration
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This figure shows a mosaic of 80 bright galaxies from the GEMS
survey, and illustrates the diversity of different galaxy shapes, sizes and
types: watermelon-shaped elliptical galaxies, majestic spiral
galaxies, some with elongated bars in their centers, and
spectacular galaxy mergers.
SOURCE: Boris Haeussler and the GEMS
collaboration
