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Colour-composite of the sky field with several High-Redshift galaxies

Sky region imaged with the multi-mode FORS2 instrument on the 8.2-m VLT YEPUN telescope, in which a number of galaxies in the redshift range from 4.8 to 5.8 were discovered. They are accordingly located at a distance of about 12,600 million light-years from the Earth. This is a composite image where the blue, green and red colours correspond to the R- (central wavelength at 650 nm), the I- (about 780 nm), and the z-band filter (910 nm), respectively. The size of the sky field corresponds to about 1,000 million light-years at the distance of these galaxies. North is up and East is left.

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Identificazione:eso0326a
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:21 Agosto 2003
Notizie relative:eso0326
Grandezza:782 x 788 px

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Nome:Galaxies
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Supercluster
Distanza:z=5.3 (spostamento del rosso)
Constellation:Piscis Austrinus
Categoria:Cosmology
Galaxies

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Coordinate

Position (RA):22 27 10.02
Position (Dec):-35° 21' 27.82"
Field of view:6.59 x 6.64 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 0.1° a destra della verticale

Colori e filtri

BandaLunghezza d'ondaTelescopio
Ottico
R
650 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS2
Infrarosso
I
780 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS2
Infrarosso
Z
910 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS2