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HFLS3

(HFLS3, HerMES J170647.8+584623)
(very distant starburst galaxy)

HFLS3 (HFLS3, HerMES J170647.8+584623) is a high-redshift starburst galaxy with an extremely high star formation rate (3000 solar masses per year). The galaxy was discovered in Herschel data, and its redshift was identified in 2013. Its redshift of z = 6.34 places it at 880 million years cosmic time. It is 10-30 times more massive than previously known galaxies at its time.

(galaxy,starburst,distant)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFLS3
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HFLS3
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013Natur.496..329R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...790...40C/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
6.344.13Gpc13.47GlyHFLS3
Coordinates:HFLS3
J170647.8+584623

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Herschel Space Observatory
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