Hubble and ESO's VLT Set Record for Finding the Most Distant Galaxy
A European team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has measured the distance to the most remote galaxy so far. By carefully analysing the very faint glow of the galaxy they have found that they are seeing it when the Universe was only about 600 million years old (a redshift of 8.6). These are the first confirmed observations of a galaxy whose light is clearing the opaque hydrogen fog that filled the cosmos at this early time.
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That an article that is all about discovery of the most distant galaxy.... doesn't mention how far away it is <img class='' src='http://new.astromart.com/astromart/javascripts/sceditor/emoticons/grin.png' alt='grin' title='grin'/>
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The redshift is the measurement. Any distance figure in light years, etc. is a calculation based in particular model of the Universe you choose to accept.<br><br>You can calculate distances using the Standard Model here:<br><br>http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html<br><br>Distance, by any metric you choose, is proportional to the redshift. So the highest measured redshift should correspond to the most distant observed object.<br><br>If you accept the model of an expanding Universe, there are also multiple distances to consider such as the distance at time of light emission and the NOW distance from the perspective of an outside observer that can see the entire Universe in its current state (which can never be observed by us of course).<br><br>---<br>Michael Mc
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