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A highly magnified candidate for a young galaxy seen when the Universe was 500 Myrs old
http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2305
"... We derive a robust photometric redshift of z = 9.6 ±0.2, corresponding to a cosmic age of 490 ±15Myr (i.e., 3.6% of the age of the Universe). ... The object is the first z>9 candidate that is bright enough for detailed spectroscopic studies with JWST"
Spectroscopy of such an ancient galaxy would be very interesting.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2305
"... We derive a robust photometric redshift of z = 9.6 ±0.2, corresponding to a cosmic age of 490 ±15Myr (i.e., 3.6% of the age of the Universe). ... The object is the first z>9 candidate that is bright enough for detailed spectroscopic studies with JWST"
Spectroscopy of such an ancient galaxy would be very interesting.