Himiko galaxy, a Giant Ly-{alpha} emitter

• by Budgieye moderator

  Amazing galaxy, but the light is too redshifted for SDSS to "see"

  

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr12/SkyserverWS/ImgCutout/getjpeg?TaskName=Skyserver.Chart.Image&ra=34.489846&dec=-5.145681&scale=0.4&width=512&height=512&opt=G&query=&Grid=on

  continued from ..What do you all think this is? https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002j32?page=3&comment_id=594596a961ec36007c0007be

  nearest object is http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr12/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?id=1237679322324205917

  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?2009ApJ...696.1164O

  http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/datasearch?search_type=Ref_id&objid=175868885&objname=S-CANDELS J021757.56-050844.7&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&of=table

  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-ref_query?bibcode=2009ApJ...696.1164O&refs=CITATIONS&db_key=AST

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  nothing in PanSTARRS http://ps1images.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/ps1cutouts?pos=34.489846%2C-5.145681&filter=color&filter=g&filter=r&filter=i&filter=z&filter=y&filetypes=stack&auxiliary=data&size=240&output_size=0&verbose=0&autoscale=99.500000&catlist=

  http://ps1images.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/ps1cutouts?pos=34.489846%2C-5.145681&filter=color&filter=g&filter=r&filter=i&filter=z&filter=y&filetypes=stack&auxiliary=data&size=600&output_size=256&verbose=0&autoscale=99.500000&catlist=

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  Can't see anything in infrared http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/finderchart/#&id=Hydra_finderchart_finder_chart&projectId=finderchart&UserTargetWorldPt=34.489846;-5.145681;EQ_J2000&subsize=0.195556&sources=DSS,SDSS,2MASS,IRIS,WISE&DoSearch=true

  Posted June 19, 2017 6:50 AM

• by A1001

  Himiko galaxy, a Giant Ly-{alpha} emitter

  HIMIKO GAS & GALAXIES. HUBBLE credited STScI and was created, authored, and/or prepared for NASA

  

  

  HIMIKO HUBBLE CLOSE UP VIEW

  Material credited to STScI on this site was created, authored, and/or prepared for NASA

  Right panel combination of Hubble, Subaru, and Spitzer images bottom

  The right panels shows close-up views of the Hubble image top

  HIMIKO z 6.595

  Posted June 19, 2017 4:08 PM