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This marvellous little space is going to be something a little different from my other sites.

On here, my aim is to highlight unusual little things that make you step back, stop for a moment and let your mind wander, as you have a chance to ponder aspects of Life, The Universe and Everything that you normally wouldn't even consider during your day.

...In short, a brief web-inspired 'timeout'. Enjoy.
Nov 13
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Forty hours for a picture of some stars? It better be good

And it is.

The Chandra Deep Field South, observed in the U-, B-, and R-bands with ESO’s VIMOS and WFI instruments. The U-band VIMOS observations were made over a period of 40 hours and constitute the deepest image ever taken from the ground in the U-band. The image covers a region of 14.1 x 21.6 arcmin on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times fainter than can be seen by the unaided eye. The VIMOS R-band image was assembled by the ESO/GOODS team from archival data, while the WFI B-band image was produced by the GABODS team.

Click the image to head over to the ESO site, and download the full size image in JPEG or TIFF format. Tasty.