TN J1338-1942

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TN J1338−1942 is a radio galaxy at z = 4.1. It was the first radio galaxy with a redshift greater than z = 4 to be discovered in the southern sky and is one of the brightest Lyα emitters of its kind. TN J1338−1942 is probably the largest and brightest object in the earliest stages the galaxy cluster under development . The galaxy was discovered at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.

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  • FAZ : Astronomy, The most distant galaxies, April 9, 2002
  • Zhelenkova Olga, SAO RAS