Indian Astronomers discovered Farthest Star Galaxies in the Universe

September 02, 2020
Current Context: Department of Space announced that Indian Astronomers has discovered farthest star galaxies in the universe.
Indian Astronomers discovered Farthest Star Galaxies in the Universe

  • The discovered farthest star galaxies in the universe are the extreme UV light which is detected with the help of India’s first multi-wavelength satellite ‘Astrosat’.
  • The galaxy is called AUDFs01.
  • This star galaxy is seemed to located 9.3 billion light-years away from the Earth.
  • This discovery by Indian astronomers is also reported in ‘Nature Astronomy’ an International Journal of Britain.
  • The team of astronomers is headed by Dr Kanak Saha, Inter-University entre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune.

Question: 

Q.1 What is the name of the galaxy which is recently discovered by Indian Astronomers?
a. Pinwheel Galaxy 3
b. AUDFs01
c. Messier 88
d. Maffei 5

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