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A2744-z7p9OD

Galaxy cluster · Galaxy cluster in the constellation Sculptor

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Picture: NASA, ESA, J. Merten (Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg/Astronomical Observatory of Bologna), and D. Coe (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

About A2744-z7p9OD

The light we see from it set out 13.1 billion years ago, when the universe was 0.65 billion years old (redshift 7.88).

The map lists it as a galaxy cluster and shows it at the scale of the large-scale universe, drawn on the supergalactic plane.

The most distant spectroscopically confirmed protocluster, seen 13.1 billion years ago.

Key numbers

Distance (comoving, today)29.7 billion light-years (9,096 Mpc)
Redshift z7.88
Light travel time13.1 billion years
Universe's age when this light left0.65 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 264.6°, SGB +0.6°

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Observable universe.

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From Wikipedia

Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, is a giant galaxy cluster resulting from the simultaneous pile-up of at least four separate, smaller galaxy clusters that took place over a span of 350 million years, and is located approximately 4 billion light years from Earth.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Abell 2744, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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