Deep Astronomy - The Most Distant Galaxy Ever Measured

The 365 Days of Astronomy · Sep 1, 2026 · 6m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frcLSXuzzyY

Hosted by Tony Darnell.

From October 24, 2010.

On Oct 19, 2010, astronomers announced the measurement of a redshift of 8.6 for one of the galaxies in the Ultra Deep Field. That corresponds to a galaxy seen just 600 million years after the Big Bang!

Here's the news release from ESO's website:

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1041/

The Nature paper:

https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1041/eso1041.pdf

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