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AUDFs01 Galaxy

September 4 , 2020 1576 days 1141 0
  • India’s first multi- wavelength satellite observatory, ASTROSAT, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy called “AUDFs01”.
  • It is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.
  • The galaxy is located in the Hubble Extreme Deep field (XDF).
  • ASTROSAT was launched in 2015.
  • It is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously.

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