Gemini/NIRI H-band image
Gemini North/NIRI H-band image (left panel) of z = 10 candidate. Exposure time was 22.6 ksec in 0.”47 seeing. The image on the right is the 13.9 ksec VLT/ISAAC H-band image of the same field under ~0.”50 seeing. The circles show the location of the purported object. Several faint objects that are undetected or marginally detected in the ISAAC image are apparent in the NIRI image.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | geminiann04015a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Oct. 19, 2004, 5 a.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann04015 |
Size: | 550 x 298 px |
About the Object
Name: | Lyman-break galaxy |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared H | 1.65 μm | Gemini North NIRI |