Gemini/NIRI H-band image

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Gemini/NIRI H-band image

Gemini North/NIRI H-band image (left panel) of z = 10 candidate. Exposure time was 22.6 ksec in 0.”47 seeing. The image on the right is the 13.9 ksec VLT/ISAAC H-band image of the same field under ~0.”50 seeing. The circles show the location of the purported object. Several faint objects that are undetected or marginally detected in the ISAAC image are apparent in the NIRI image.

About the Image

ID: geminiann04015a
Type: Collage

About the Object

Name: Lyman-break galaxy

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