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galaxies, Infrared Astronomy

FourStar Service: Red Galaxy Cluster Hides In Plain Sight

7 Mar , 2012 by Tammy Plotner

[/caption] Located some 10.5 billion light years away in the general direction of the constellation of Leo, the most distant cluster of red galaxies so far discovered has been hiding in plain sight… until now. Thanks to the advanced observing techniques of FourStar, a new and powerful near-infrared camera on the 6.5m Magellan Baade Telescope, […]

3D Galaxy Mapping, FourStar, galaxy clusters, galaxy evolution, Magellan Baade Telescope, Red Galaxies, Z-FOURGE

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