The Hubble Ultra Deep Field , or HUDF , is an image of a small part of space in the constellation Fornax . It took more than 3 months to capture this image , in fact , from September 24 2003 through January 16 2004 , the HST was busy taking pictures of this place . The Hubble Ultra Deep Field ( HUDF ) is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax , composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 24 , 2003 , through to January 16 , 2004 .