MACS0647-JD
MACS0647-JD is a candidate for one of the earliest galaxies formed in the universe . The object has a photometric redshift of z ~ 11 and was thus formed around 430 million years after the Big Bang . MACS0647-JD was discovered using the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes as part of the 2012 CLASH program.
The object is in the constellation Camelopardalis .
The object is imaged several times by the gravitational lens effect of the galaxy cluster MACSJ0647.7 + 7015 , whereby the brightest image in the filter band F160W AB achieves a brightness of almost 26 mag and a magnification of around eight times.
credentials
- ↑ November 15, 2012 "Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach" News Release Number: STScI-2012-36 "NASA Great Observatories Find Candidate for Most Distant Galaxy Yet Known"
- ^ CLASH Program
Web links
Commons : MACS0647-JD - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- A galaxy as far away as never before Article on Zeit Online
- NASA Great Observatories Find Candidate for Most Distant Object in the Universe to Date Article at NASA