Right ascension 12 36 22.68 Redshift 7.2 Size 5,000 ly (diameter) Constellation Ursa Major | Declination +62° 08′ 07.5″ Type Irregular Magnitude 25.2 Apparent magnitude (V) 25.2 | |
Distance 12.9 billion light-years(light travel distance) Similar EGS‑zs8‑1, z8_GND_5296, IOK‑1, LAE J09595099+0212191, UDFy‑38135539 | ||
GN-108036 is a distant galaxy discovered and confirmed by the Subaru Telescope and the Keck Observatory located in Hawaii; its study was also completed by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
The redshift was z = 7.2, meaning the light of the galaxy took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth and therefore its formation dates back to 750 million years after the Big Bang . It has a high rate of star formation, at a rate of 100 solar masses per year, or about 30 times more than the Milky Way that is 5 times larger and 100 times more massive.
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