| SMM J2135−0102 | |
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 Left: View of the foreground galaxy cluster MACS J2135−010217 Right: SMM J2135−0102 (top) with star-forming clouds (bottom) | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 21h 35m 11.60s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 02′ 52.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 2.3259[2] |
| Distance | 10 billion |
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| Eyelash[1] | |
SMM-J2135−0102 (also known as theCosmic Eyelash) is agalaxy located at a distance of z=2.3258. There have been fourmolecular clouds whose solar luminosity was 100 times higher than similar regions of theMilky Way galaxy. This suggests that star formation in this galaxy is 250 times higher.
The object was discovered using theLarge Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) of theAtacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope by a group of researchers during an observation session of thegalaxy supercluster,MACS J2135−010217. The cluster causes agravitational lens effect that amplified SMM-J2135−0102 by 32 times. This is what made it possible to identify fourmolecular clouds with high luminosity.
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