As with photos of celebrities from decades ago, one wonders if these old galaxies are still around and how they look. ;-)
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 12:45 PM Jones Beene <[email protected] wrote: > > Interesting story today for anyone looking for Universal answers... such > as where are we, relatively speaking ? > > The galaxy, incredibly - is at least 10,000 times larger than our Milky > Way ... maybe 100,000x > > Brightest-known galaxy is cannibalizing its three neighbors > <https://newatlas.com/brightest-galaxy-destroying-neighbors/57259/> > > Brightest-known galaxy is cannibalizing its three neighbors > The galaxy W2246-0526 sits 12.4 billion light-years from Earth – almost > the entire radius of the observable univ... > <https://newatlas.com/brightest-galaxy-destroying-neighbors/57259/> > > > It is not certain that this super-galaxy sits in a relatively stationary > position, near the exact center of an expanding 3D Universe or not, but > there are indications of that. Wiki has an entry which needs updating > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_J224607.57-052635.0 > > > A "house of mirrors" interpretation of the visible Universe would be an > implication of older galaxies being located elsewhere. > > This particular galaxy is not even on the list below - unless some (or > all) of them are actually reflections of the same object from differing > perspectives. > > *7 Oldest Galaxies in the Universe* > > - IOK-1. Age: about 12.88 billion years old. > - GN-108036. Age: 12.9 billion years old. ... > - SXDF-NB1006-2. Age: 12.91 billion years old. ... > - z8_GND_5296. Age: 13.1 billion years old. ... > - EGS-zs8-1. Age: 13.13 billion years old. ... > - EGSY8p7. Age: 13.2 billion years old. ... > - GN-z11. Age: 13.4 billion years old. > > > >
