2007-07-22 17:07:17 · 3 answers · asked by gkdehaan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The most distant known galaxies don't have names. Since there are hundreds of billions of galaxies out there, the more distant ones will only have alpha-numeric designations.
2007-07-22 17:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by Brant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my text, ASTRONOMY, A VISUAL GUIDE, by Mark A. Garlick, Firefly Books Ltd., 2004, they list the most distant object detected as an un-named galaxy in Ursa Major, 12.6 Billion Light Years distant, but caution against that record being held for very long (note print date of 2004), and today the distances are posted as being 40 Billion Light Years for some nuimbered objects out there in deep space.
2007-07-23 01:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
CSL-1 – the name of the curious double galaxy – was in a Mar 3, 2005 report . did not list distance, but a 2004 report listed one at over 13B ly away and 700M yrs old.
after 13Bly it is just a number
2007-07-23 00:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Bill R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋