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Hubble Galaxy at Redshift z = 2.4
About the Object
- DistanceDistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.Redshift z = 2.4
About the Data
- Data DescriptionData DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.The science findings are based on various Hubble archival observations of galaxy surveys, including COSMOS, CDF–S, UDS, GOODS, and CANDELS. The images were created from Hubble data from proposal 12060, PIs: S. Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz) and H. Ferguson (STScI), et al. The science team includes: C. Papovich (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), I. Labbé (Leiden Obs.), R. Quadri and V. Tilvi (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), E.F. Bell (U. Michigan, Ann Arbor), K. Glazebrook (CAS/Swinburne U.), L. Spitler (Macquarie U., Sydney/ AAO), C.M.S. Straatman (Leiden Obs.), K.-V. Tran (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), P. Behroozi (STScI), M. Cowley (CAS/Swinburne U.), R. Davé (U. Western Cape/South African Astronomical Obs./African Inst. for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town), A. Dekel (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem), M. Dickinson (NOAO), H.C. Ferguson (STScI), S.L. Finkelstein (U. Texas, Austin), E. Gawiser (Rutgers U.), H. Inami (NOAO), G. Kacprzak (CAS/Swinburne U.), L. Kawinwanichakij (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), D. Kocevski (U. Kentucky), A. Koekemoer (STScI), D. Koo (Lick Obs./U. California, Santa Cruz), P. Kurczynski (Rutgers U.), J.M. Lotz (STScI), Y. Lu (Kavli Institute/Stanford U.), R.A. Lucas (STScI), D. Mcintosh (U. Missouri, Kansas City), N. Mehrtens (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), B. Mobasher (U. California, Riverside), A. Monson (Carnegie Obs.), G. Morrison (IfA/U. Hawaii/CFHT), T. Nanayakkar (CAS/Swinburne U.), S.E. Persson (Carnegie Obs.), B. Salmon (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), R. Simons (JHU), A. Tomczak (Mitchell Inst./Texas A&M U.), P. van Dokkum (Yale U.), B. Weiner (Steward Obs./U. Arizona), and S.P. Willner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). - InstrumentInstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/IR
- Release DateApril 9, 2015
- Science ReleaseOur Sun Came Late to the Milky Way’s Star-Birth Party
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Mar 28, 2025
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