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Star-forming galaxies at very high redshifts

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Analysis of the deepest available images of the sky, obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals a large number of candidate high-redshift galaxies. A catalogue of 1,683 objects is presented, with estimated redshifts ranging from z = 0 to z > 6. The high-redshift objects are interpreted as regions of star formation associated with the progenitors of present-day normal galaxies, at epochs that may reach back 95% of the time to the Big Bang.

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  1. Astronomy Program, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, 11794-2100, USA

    Kenneth M. Lanzetta & Amos Yahil

  2. Institute de Física de Cantabria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Cantabria, Facultad de Ciencias, 39005, Santander, Spain

    Alberto Fernández-Soto

  3. Departamento de Física Moderna, Universidad de Cantabria, Facultad de Ciencias, 39005, Santander, Spain

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Lanzetta, K., Yahil, A. & Fernández-Soto, A. Star-forming galaxies at very high redshifts. Nature 381, 759–763 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381759a0

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