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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
World's Most Powerful Telescopes Team Up With a Lens in Nature to Discover Farthest Galaxy in the Universe
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CL1358 62
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*Credit:* Marijn Franx (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Garth Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) and NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical
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*Release Date*:July 30, 1997 12:00 AM (EDT)
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-1997-25c
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*Title*:World's Most Powerful Telescopes Team Up With a Lens in Nature to Discover Farthest Galaxy in the Universe
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*Description*:

A close-up of the gravitationally-lens ed image shows why astronomers are excited about this unique opportunity to study the distant galaxy's structure. The stretched-out image reveals tiny knots of vigorous starbirth activity. This provides a first detailed look at the early construction phase of a galaxy undergoing formation.
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Opportunity
facet_what:
Mars
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MIRA
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California
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Santa Cruz
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Mars
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Netherlands
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July 30, 1997
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1997
UID:
SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-199 7-25c
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Release Date:
July 30, 1997 12:00 AM (EDT)

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