VLT Smashes the Record of the Farthest Known Galaxy


Joint Press Release by: ESO (PR Webpage, PR text [pdf]), SNSF (Switzerland, PR text in French [pdf, doc], PR text in German [pdf; doc]), CNRS (France, PR text [pdf, doc]), A&A

Research paper: published in "Astronomy & Astrophysics", astro-ph preprint server, local pdf version

News articles


Description of the discovery

How to find such a distant galaxy ?

The observations -- (fast facts + main image)

Properties of the distant galaxy

The distant galaxy in cosmological context

The telescope and instrument used

The "z10" team

Additional information & illustrations

Gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters -- images and principle

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