ALMA witnesses assembly of galaxy in early Universe
This view is a combination of images from ALMA and the Very Large Telescope. The central object is a very distant galaxy, labelled BDF 3299, which is seen when the Universe was less than 800 million years old. The bright red cloud just to the lower left is the ALMA detection of a vast cloud of material that is in the process of assembling the very young galaxy.
Credit:ESO/R. Maiolino
About the Image
| Id: | eso1530b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 July 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1530 |
| Size: | 2000 x 1990 px |
About the Object
| Name: | BDF 3299 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Piscis Austrinus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 22 28 12.30 |
| Position (Dec): | -35° 10' 0.01" |
| Field of view: | 0.49 x 0.49 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical V | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Infrared Y | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
| Infrared Z | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
| Millimeter | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |