In total , the image required 800 exposures taken over the course of 400 Hubble orbits around Earth . The total amount of exposure time was 11.3 days for the ACS and 4.5 days for the NICMOS . In total , 800 ACS exposures were taken over the course of 11.3 days , 2 every orbit , and NICMOS observed for 4.5 days .