SXDF-NB1006-2 (IMAGE)

Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

SXDF-NB1006-2

Caption

This is an artist's concept of SXDF-NB1006-2. Many young bright stars are located in the galaxy and ionize the gas inside and around the galaxy. Green color indicates the ionized oxygen detected by ALMA, whereas purple shows the distribution of ionized hydrogen detected by the Subaru Telescope

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