Hubble sees most distant galaxies (BBC) {using infrared-shifted light}

By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has captured its deepest view of the Universe, producing images of galaxies that have never been seen before.

The pictures were acquired by the HST's new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

This highly sensitive camera can see starlight from far-off objects - light that has been "stretched" by the expanding Universe.

Scientists who have analysed the new images say the galaxies they reveal could be the most distant yet observed.
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He explained that the camera had captured "light that started its life in the visible and has been stretched to longer wavelengths, so it is redder".
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8401374.stm




Read on for connections to the yet-to-be-launched Webb Telescope.

wow.