NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Nov. 23, 1998
Media Advisory 98-81

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* The Universe "Down Under" is the Target of Hubble's 
  Latest Deep-View

* NASA Video File for Nov. 23, 1998

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THE UNIVERSE "DOWN UNDER" IS THE TARGET OF HUBBLE'S LATEST 
DEEP-VIEW

       Turning its penetrating vision toward southern skies, 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered down a 12 billion 
light-year long corridor loaded with a dazzling assortment of 
thousands of never-before seen galaxies.  The observation, 
called the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S), doubles the 
number of far-flung galaxies available to astronomers for 
deciphering the history of the universe.  This new far-look 
complements the original Hubble "deep field" taken in late 
1995, when Hubble was aimed at a small patch of space near 
the Big Dipper.  The new region is in the constellation 
Tucana, near the south celestial pole.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1547.

Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:  
Ray Villard 410/338-4514.

Full text available at: 
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-206.txt

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VIDEO FILE FOR NOV. 23, 1998

HUBBLE PHOTOGRAPHS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GALAXIES

     Video accompanying press release summarized above.

Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:  
Ray Villard 410/338-4514;.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Don Savage 
202/358-1727.

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