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HCM-6A 2002 − 2003 z=6.56 This was the remotest object known at time of discovery. The galaxy is lensed by galaxy cluster Abell 370. This was the first galaxy, as opposed to quasar, found to exceed redshift 6. It exceeded the redshift of quasar SDSSp J103027.10+052455.0 of z=6.28[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC-2003-03-25 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ New Scientist, New record for Universe's most distant object, 17:19 14 March 2002
  3. ^ BBC News, Far away stars light early cosmos, Thursday, 14 March, 2002, 11:38 GMT
  4. ^ The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 568:L75–L79, April 1, 2002 ; A Redshift z = 6.56 Galaxy behind the Cluster Abell 370 ; DOI: 10.1086/340424
  5. ^ K2.1 HCM 6A — Discovery of a redshift z = 6.56 galaxy lying behind the cluster Abell 370
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference SpaceRef-2003-03-24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).