SMM J2135-0102
| SMM J2135-0102 | |
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 Artist’s impression of the distant galaxy SMM J2135-0102 shows large bright clouds a few hundred light-years in size, which are regions of active star formation | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 21h 35m 11.60s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 02′ 52.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 2.3259[2] |
| Distance | 10 billion |
| Other designations | |
| Eyelash[1] | |
SMM-J2135-0102 (also known as the Cosmic Eyelash) is a galaxy located at a distance of z=2.3258. There have been four molecular clouds who solar luminosity were 100 times higher then similar regions of the Milky Way galaxy. This suggest that star formation in this galaxy is 250 timers higher.
The object was discovered using the Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) of the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope by a group of researchers during an observation session of the galaxy supercluster, MACSJ2135-010217. The cluster causes a gravitational lens effect that amplified SMM-J2135-0102 by 32 times. This is what made it possible to identify four molecular clouds with high luminosity.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "NAME Eyelash". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ Swinbank, A. M.; Smail, I.; Longmore, S.; Harris, A. I.; Baker, A. J.; De Breuck, C.; Richard, J.; Edge, A. C.; Ivison, R. J. (2010-03-21). "Intense star formation within resolved compact regions in a galaxy at z = 2.3". Nature. 464 (7289): 733–736. arXiv:1003.3674. Bibcode:2010Natur.464..733S. doi:10.1038/nature08880. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20305639. S2CID 4415060.
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