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28-10-2009, 09:17 AM
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| | | remotest galaxies on APOD
Today's APOD for October 28 is galaxy cluster JKCS041 at a remarkable distance of 10 billion light-years [10BLY] or three quarters back to the universe's origins of the Big Bang at Astronomy Picture of the Day with apparently 16 faint galaxies within the blue x-ray envelope - remaining objects in pic are foreground stars and nearby galaxies. JKCS041 is well placed currently after dusk in the constellation of Cetus [below Taurus the Bull] but a bit too faint for amateur telescopes unfortunately 
Picture take by combining many space telescopes working in X-rays, optical and infra-red. The previous remotest objects recorded are quasars - the brilliant core of single 'exploding' galaxies out to 12BLY
APOD is wellworth bookmarking for daily top astro-pics with a professional astronomer's explanation 
Last edited by nytecam; 28-10-2009 at 09:29 AM.
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