HCM-6A

Infobox Galaxy


name = HCM-6A
epoch = J2000
type =
ra = RA|02|39|54.7
dec = DEC|-01|33|32
dist_ly = 12.8 billion light years
z = 6.56
appmag_v =
size_v =
constellation name = Cetus
notes =
names =

HCM-6A, was found in 2002 by a team led by Esther Hu from the University of Hawaii, using the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii. HCM-6A is located behind the Abell 370 galactic cluster, near M77 [ cite journal
author=Halton Arp and David Russell
title=A Possible Relationship between Quasars and Clusters of Galaxies
url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/319438#h15
journal=The Astrophysical Journal
volume=549
issue=2
pages=802–819
doi=10.1086/319438
year=2001] in the constellation Cetus, which enabled the astronomers to use Abell 370 as a gravitational lense to get a clearer image of the object.

[ cite journal
author=E. M. Hu et al
title=A Redshift z = 6.56 Galaxy behind the Cluster Abell 370
url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/340424
journal=The Astrophysical Journal
volume=568
issue=2
pages=L75–L79
doi=10.1086/340424
year=2001] [ [http://www.subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease/2006/09/13/index.html Press release] , National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, September 13, 2006]

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