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The moon is about 30 arcminutes across (half a degree) [0], which is considerably larger than the area of the Extreme Deep Field. But the estimate of the number
by gshubert17 10y ago
The moon is about 30 arcminutes across (half a degree) [0], which is considerably larger than the area of the Extreme Deep Field. But the estimate of the number of galaxies is okay.
The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (of which the Extreme Deep Field is a part) is one thirteen-millionth part of the full sky. [1]
The full sky is about 41,253 square degrees in size. [2]
I think the HXDF is one 32-millionth of the full sky. If so,
multiplying 32 million by the 5500 galaxies in the XDF gives on the order of 200 billion galaxies, as you said.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra-Deep_Field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra-Deep_Field
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_degree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_degree
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoYes, you're right, thanks for the correction: the Extreme Deep Field image is smaller than the moon. I neglected to click on the image at [1], thereby missing the detail in the full size image[2]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_eXtreme_Deep_Field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_eXtreme_Deep_Field 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_eXtreme_Deep_Field#/media/File:XDF-scale.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_eXtreme_Deep_Field#/med...