LBG-2377

LBG-2377
LBG-2377
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16h 44m 48.3s
Declination	+46° 27′ 08.2″
Redshift	3.03
Distance	11.4 billion light-years (3.5 billion parsecs); (light travel distance); ~21.2 billion light-years (6.5 billion parsecs); (present proper distance)
Apparent magnitude (V)	22.6
Characteristics
Type	Galaxy merger
Other designations
	PC 1643+4631A-2377

LBG-2377 is the most distant galaxy merger discovered, as of 2008, at a distance of 11.4 billion light years.^[2] This galaxy merger is so distant that the universe was in its infancy when its light was emitted. It is expected that this galaxy proto-cluster will merge to form a brightest cluster galaxy, and become the core of a larger galaxy cluster.

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