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Most distant galaxy discovered -
03-02-2004, 12:52 PM
Most distant galaxy discovered
Monday, March 1, 2004 Posted: 10:07 AM EST (1507 GMT)
PARIS, France (AP) -- Pushing back the boundaries of space observation, French and Swiss astronomers say they have detected the farthest galaxy ever seen.
The galaxy, dubbed Abell 1835 IR1916, is 13.23 billion light-years from Earth, France's National Center for Scientific Research said Monday.
That places it further away than another galaxy believed until now to be the farthest known object. That galaxy, far smaller than our own Milky Way, lies roughly 13 billion light-years away. Its discovery was announced in mid-February. (Full story)
Because its glimmer took so long to reach Earth, the new galaxy offers a look back in time to when the universe was just a baby.
"It is as if we are seeing the childhood of the galaxy," said Roser Pello, a member of the team that found it. "It's a galaxy that is starting to form."
The universe, thought to have begun with the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago, would have been a mere 470 million years old when the newly observed galaxy formed, the national research center said.
"If we compare the age of the universe to that of a person aged 75, we are facing a baby aged two-and-a-half," the center said in a statement.
The discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, with other images also coming from the Hubble Space Telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the center said.
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03-02-2004, 12:55 PM
[quote:24b35]The discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, with other images also coming from the Hubble Space Telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the center said.[/quote:24b35]
How does canada-france-hawaii come together to make a telescope lol
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03-02-2004, 12:56 PM
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03-02-2004, 12:58 PM
Must be one gay telescope.
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03-02-2004, 12:59 PM
sweet, that telescope takes some nice ass pictures
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03-02-2004, 01:32 PM
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Must be one gay telescope.
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ROFL, were the pics? |
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03-02-2004, 02:15 PM
"The galaxy, dubbed Abell 1835 IR1916, is 13.23 billion light-years from Earth, France's National Center for Scientific Research said Monday."
Its a good thing they didnt name it something stupid. oOo:
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03-02-2004, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Madmartagen
"The galaxy, dubbed Abell 1835 IR1916, is 13.23 billion light-years from Earth, France's National Center for Scientific Research said Monday."
Its a good thing they didnt name it something stupid. oOo:
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Major General
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03-02-2004, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Madmartagen
"The galaxy, dubbed Abell 1835 IR1916, is 13.23 billion light-years from Earth, France's National Center for Scientific Research said Monday."
Its a good thing they didnt name it something stupid. oOo:
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Stars that are discovered today are in general named for where they are in the sky or the person who found them, which gives them really ugly names like:
Luyten 726-8A
BD +5deg 1668
Kruger 60 A
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Captain
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03-02-2004, 02:28 PM
I know that, but it still sounds dumb. If I were to discover a galaxy I would name it Capt. Kirk's poon pen.
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03-02-2004, 04:10 PM
Quite the discovery.. yet a gang related shooting makes the news and not this.
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03-02-2004, 04:30 PM
aa.com has become my CNN
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03-02-2004, 04:59 PM
old saw something about this a while ago. as in probably yesterday. Not quite CNN speed but getting closer. Anyways. Its just another galaxy.
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03-02-2004, 08:46 PM
[quote="Short Hand":f2881]Quite the discovery.. yet a gang related shooting makes the news and not this.[/quote:f2881]
join the revolution and boycott comercialization of our world. corporations must faulter
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03-03-2004, 12:14 AM
Thats pretty awesome
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