«The surprising aspect about the present discovery is that we have detected this Lyman - alpha line in
an apparently faint galaxy at a redshift of 8.68, corresponding to a time when the Universe should be full of absorbing hydrogen clouds,» said co-author and Caltech astronomer Richard Ellis.
«The surprising aspect about the present discovery is that we have detected this Lyman - alpha line in
an apparently faint galaxy at a redshift of 8.68, corresponding to a time when the universe should be full of absorbing hydrogen clouds,» Richard Ellis, a former faculty member of the California Institute of Technology, and co-author of a paper detailing the findings, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, said in a statement.
Not exact matches
Precise shape measurements of
faint and
apparently small
galaxies are required.
There are also strange, «tadpole» - like objects, disturbed and
apparently merging
galaxies dubbed «train wrecks,» as well as a multitude of
faint, «dwarf»
galaxies.
It highlights the elongated extent of the relatively
faint, old, and cool stars that make up the elliptical
galaxy, as well as the delicate dusty filaments of the barred
galaxy that was
apparently engulfed by Centaurus A (ESO photo release).