A galaxy seen when the Universe was only 820 million years old

The red speck at the centre of this very deep image from the ESO Very Large Telescope shows the galaxy NTTDF-474, one of the most distant ever to have had its distance measured accurately. This extremely faint object is one of five that have been used to chart the timeline of the reionisation of the Universe about 13 billion years ago.

Credit:

ESO/ L. Pentericci

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1138b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:12 oktober 2011 12:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1138
Grootte:800 x 800 px

Over het object

Naam:NTTDF-474
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy
Afstand:z=6.62 (roodverschuiving)
Categorie:Galaxies

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