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Comparison of Milky Way with Compact Galaxy in Early Universe
This illustration compares the Milky Way with a compact galaxy in the early universe.Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy. They are whirling at a speed of one million miles per ho...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2009
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2009-24-2569-image
This illustration compares the Milky Way with a compact galaxy in the early universe.
Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy. They are whirling at a speed of one million miles per hour – about twice the speed of our Sun through the Milky Way. The galaxies are a fraction the size of our Milky Way, and so may have evolved over billions of years into the full-grown galaxies seen around us today.
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NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | 1255-0 (1256-151, 1256-0) |
| Object Description | Distant Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 12h 54m 59.58s |
| Dec. Position | 01° 11' 29.7" |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 11 billion light-years or 3.4 billion parsecs; Redshift z = 2.2 |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Hubble Data Science results are from Hubble data from proposal : P. van Dokkum and S. Toft (Yale University), M. Kriek (Princeton University), M. Franx (University of Leiden, Netherlands), R. Quadri (Yale University), G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), D. Marchesini (Yale University), and G. Rudnick (University of Kansas). Gemini Data The Gemini observations science team comprises: M. Kriek (Princeton University), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), I. Labbé (Carnegie Observatories), M. Franx (University of Leiden, Netherlands), G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), D. Marchesini (Yale University), and R. Quadri (University of Leiden, Netherlands). |
| Instrument | HST>NICMOS and Gemini>GNIRS |
| Exposure Dates | March 16, 200,7 Exposure Time: 2.1 hours (HST), and May 2005, February 2006, and March 2007, Exposure Time: 29 hours (Gemini) |
| Filters | HST: F160W(H) Gemini Wavelengths: 3000-7500 angstroms |
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