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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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