Hubble observes oldest star-forming cluster / ESA TV Exchanges / 29-10-2003
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
29-Oct-03 09:30 – 09:45 GMT
Hubble observes oldest star-forming cluster
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1 – 29 October 19:45-20:00 GMT
Replay 2 – 1 November 10:00-10:15 GMT
Please respect the embargo set at 30 October, 10:00 GMT
The results on which this Exchange is based were published in the Astrophysical Journal of 20 October 2003.
A mysterious arc of light behind a cluster of galaxies in the constellation of Lynx has turned out to be the biggest, brightest and hottest star-forming region ever seen in space.
The so-called Lynx arc is one million times brighter than the well-known Orion Nebula, a nearby prototypical starbirth region visible in small telescopes. The newly identified mega-star cluster contains a million blue-white stars that are twice as hot as similar stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
It has now been shown that the Lynx arc is actually a mega-star cluster about 12 billion light-years away, far beyond the Lynx cluster. This means that this remote light source existed when the Universe was less than 2 billion years old.
This remarkable object is therefore the closest scientists have come so far to seeing what the primordial objects in the Universe might look like.
New 3-D animations will explain the observations in detail. There are also soundbites with one of the scientists who participated in the work.
This Exchange comprises of a 5 minute A-roll with split audio (English commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a 10-minute B-Roll with clean international sound.
The script will be available on the ESA TV Website under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS31780.pdf
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