The first Frontier Fields cluster: 4.5μm excess in az~ 8 galaxy candidate in Abell 2744

2014/01/31 by N. Laporte, Nicolas Laporte, A. Streblyanska +19 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Abell 2744 #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Brightest cluster galaxy #Cluster (spacecraft) #Frontier #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy cluster #Genetics #Hubble Deep Field #Hubble space telescope #Physics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Supercluster (genetic) #Type-cD galaxy #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323179

4 pages, 2 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters

openalex publication_date 2014/02/01 · arxiv created 2014/02/03 · arxiv updated 2015/06/18 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We present in this letter the first analysis of a z ~ 8 galaxy candidate found in the Hubble and Spitzer imaging data of Abell 2744 as part of the Hubble Frontier Fields legacy program.

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