HCM-6A
id:
hcm-6a-270-10203663
title:
HCM-6A
text:
HCM-6A is an LAE galaxy that was found in 2002 by Esther Hu and Lennox Cowie from the University of Hawaii and Richard McMahon from the University of Cambridge, using the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii. HCM-6A is located behind the Abell 370 galactic cluster, near M77 in the constellation Cetus, which enabled the astronomers to use Abell 370 as a gravitational lens to get a clearer image of the object. HCM-6A was the farthest object known at the time of its discovery. It exceeded SSA22−HCM1 (z = 5.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HCM-6A
date created:
date modified:
2023-08-15T05:57:12Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15