Astronomy:MAMMOTH-1
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| Distance | z=2.32 |
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| Radius | 450 kpc pc |
MAMMOTH-1 is a large ultraluminous lyman Alpha emitting radio-quiet nebula located near the center of a massive galaxy overdensity named BOSS1441 at a redshift distance of z= 2.32. The nebula has a size of 450 kiloparsecs making it one of the largest lyman-alpha nebula known comparable or even larger than the Slug Nebula.[1][2]
As of to date, this nebula has the highest lyman alpha luminosity of any nebula with a luminosity of 5.2x10^44 ergs.[3]
References
- ↑ Klesman, Alison (2017-02-23). "Glow-in-the-dark gas lights up the cosmic web" (in en-US). https://www.astronomy.com/science/glow-in-the-dark-gas-lights-up-the-cosmic-web/.
- ↑ Emonts, Bjorn H. C.; Cai, Zheng; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Li, Qiong; Lehnert, Matthew D. (December 2019). "The Cold Circumgalactic Environment of MAMMOTH-I: Dynamically Cold Gas in the Core of an Enormous Lyα Nebula" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 887 (1): 86. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab45f4. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2019ApJ...887...86E.
- ↑ Cai, Zheng; Fan, Xiaohui; Yang, Yujin; Bian, Fuyan; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Zabludoff, Ann; McGreer, Ian; Zheng, Zhen-Ya et al. (March 2017). "Discovery of an Enormous Lyα Nebula in a Massive Galaxy Overdensity at z = 2.3" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 837 (1): 71. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d14. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837...71C.
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