In a mechanical turn of events, India’s first multi-frequency satellite, AstroSat, has recognized an extraordinary bright (UV) light from a cosmic system that is 9.3 billion light-years from Earth, affirmed the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) on August 24.
India’s #AstroSat Discovers An Ancient Galaxy; Findings Could Explain Origin of Light Post #BigBang – by @MrigDixithttps://t.co/EquGjbhb8R
(📸: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko, R. Jansen) pic.twitter.com/pCpWJXCHIK— The Weather Channel India (@weatherindia) August 26, 2020
A worldwide group that made the revelation was driven by Dr. Kanak Saha, partner teacher of stargazing at the IUCAA, included researchers from India, France, Switzerland, the USA, Japan and The Netherlands. The group, through AstroSat, watched the system, which is situated in the Hubble Extreme Deep field.
AstroSat observations detect #thermonuclearX-raybursts on Cygnus X-2 https://t.co/ejHYJM82oh
— Phys.org (@physorg_com) August 26, 2020
Considering it a significant achievement by IUCAA researchers, the Pune-based Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, in a delivery stated, “India’s first multi-frequency satellite, which has five exceptional X-beam and bright telescopes working couple, AstroSat, has recognized outrageous UV light from a cosmic system, called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion ight-years from Earth.”
#AstroSat has detected extreme ultraviolet light from a galaxy called #AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth and one of the earliest galaxies.
— ISRO Spaceflight (@ISROSpaceflight) August 24, 2020
This galaxy was observed in 2016 and it took two years to analyse the data and ascertain facts.https://t.co/ax3TDIjS7P
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