False Color Image of Ancient Galaxy (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

False Color Image of Ancient Galaxy

Caption

This is a composite of false color images of the galaxies found at the early epoch around 800 million years after the Big Bang. The upper left panel presents the galaxy confirmed in the 787 million year old universe. These galaxies are in the Subaru Deep Field.

Credit

These images are created by M. Ouchi et al., which are the reproduction of Figure 3 in the <i>Astrophysical Journal</i> December 2009 issue.

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