Astronomers Detect Whirlpool Movement in Early Galaxies

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Credit: Hubble (NASA/ESA), ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), P. Oesch (University of Geneva) and R. Smit (University of Cambridge)

ALMA images of rotating galaxies in the early universe shown on a background from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=9672

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Early Galaxies
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy

Distance Details Distance

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13,000,000,000 light years

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
ALMA -
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ID
Gallery_DataVisualisation
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
Early Galaxies
Credits
Hubble (NASA/ESA), ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), P. Oesch (University of Geneva) and R. Smit (University of Cambridge)
Release Date
Lightyears
13E+9
Redshift
13E+9
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=9672
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
ALMA
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Postal Code
22903
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID
nrao
Resource ID
Resource URL
https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DataVisualisation.jpg
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Metadata Date
2018-05-18T12:04:03-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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