The Distribution of Galaxies in the Proto-Supercluster Region 11.5 Billion Years Ago (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

The Distribution of Galaxies in the Proto-Supercluster Region 11.5 Billion Years Ago

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The distribution of galaxies in the proto-supercluster region 11.5 billion years ago (top left), and the Subaru Telescope Suprime-Cam image used in this work (right, larger image). Neutral hydrogen gas distribution is superposed on the Subaru image. The red color indicates denser regions of the neutral hydrogen gas. Cyan squares correspond to member galaxies in the proto-supercluster, while objects without cyan squares are foreground galaxies and stars. The distribution of neutral hydrogen gas does not align perfectly with the galaxies.

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Osaka Sangyo University / NAOJ

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