SXDF-NB1006-2 is a distant

galaxy A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...

located in the Cetus constellation, with a spectroscopic

redshift In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light). The opposite change, a decrease in wavelength and simultaneous increase in f ...

of ''z'' = 7.213 or 12.91 billion light-years away.Thirty Meter Telescope
TMT - SXDF-NB1006-2
, NAOJ (accessed 16 November 2012) It was discovered by the Subaru XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field. The galaxy was claimed to be the most distant galaxy at announcement in June 2012, as the more distant claimants were not confirmed spectroscopically at the time. It exceeded the previous confirmed distance holder,

GN-108036 GN-108036 is a distant galaxy discovered and confirmed by the Subaru Telescope and the Keck Observatory located in Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from th ...

, also discovered by the Subaru. Oxygen emission lines have been detected in its spectrum.

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Galaxies Cetus (constellation) {{galaxy-stub

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