Abell 2744 Y1
| Abell 2744 Y1 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 00h 14m 25.08s |
| Declination | −30° 22′ 49.7″ |
| Redshift | 8 |
| Distance | 13 billion ly (4.0 billion pc) (light travel distance) 30 billion ly (9.2 billion pc) (comoving distance) |
| Group or cluster | Abell 2744 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Dwarf |
| Size | 2,300 ly (diameter) |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.0005 x 0.0005 |
| Other designations | |
| CBZ2015 FFC1-2508-2497, ZSM2014 ZD2 | |
Abell 2744 Y1 is a galaxy located in the Abell 2744 galaxy cluster, 13 billion light years away in the Sculptor constellation. It is 2,300 light years in diameter, 50 times smaller than the Milky Way galaxy, but producing 10 times more stars.[1] The galaxy was discovered in July 2014 by an international team led by astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and La Laguna University (ULL)[2] as part of the Frontier Fields program with the help of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes.
