First Galaxy Illustration Approximation
spitzer_ssc2019-06b May 8th, 2019
Credit: James Josephides (Swinburne Astronomy Productions)
This artist's illustration shows what one of the very first galaxies in the universe might have looked like. High levels of violent star formation and star death would have illuminated the gas filling the space between stars, making the galaxy largely opaque and without a clear structure.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6603-ssc2019-06b-First-Galaxy-Illustration-Approximation
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- ssc2019-06b
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- Credits
- James Josephides (Swinburne Astronomy Productions)
- Release Date
- 2019-05-08
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- Redshift
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- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6603-ssc2019-06b-First-Galaxy-Illustration-Approximation
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- Artwork
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- Good
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- Equinox
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- Spitzer Space Telescope
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- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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- 1200 E. California Blvd.
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- Pasadena
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- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
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- USA
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- Spitzer Science Center
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- spitzer
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- ssc2019-06b.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0011/5697/ssc2019-06b.tif
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- 2019-05-08
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- 1.2
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