Pair of Exceptionally Rare Hyper-luminous Galaxies Discovered with ALMA

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Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton; ESA Herschel; ESO APEX; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); D. Riechers

Composite image of ADFS-27 galaxy pair. The background image is from ESA\'s Herschel Space Observatory. The object was then detected by ESO\'s Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) telescope (middle image). ALMA (right) was able to identify two galaxies: ADFS-27N (for North) and ADFS-27S (for South). The starbursting galaxies are about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth and destined to merge into a single, massive galaxy.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/news/2017-alma-starbursting-merger/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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Image Type
Collage
Object Name
ADFS-27 ADFS-27N ADFS-27S
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Distance

Universescale3
12,700,000,000 light years

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Herschel -
APEX -
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ID
Gallery_nrao17cb28
Subject Category
D.5.3.3  
Subject Name
ADFS-27, ADFS-27N, ADFS-27S
Credits
NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton; ESA Herschel; ESO APEX; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); D. Riechers
Release Date
Lightyears
12.7E+9
Redshift
12.7E+9
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/news/2017-alma-starbursting-merger/
Type
Collage
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Herschel Space Observatory, APEX, ALMA
Instrument
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Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
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Reference Pixel
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Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID
nrao
Resource ID
Metadata Date
2018-05-17T09:17:28-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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12,700,000,000 light years

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