Detection of Extended Dust in a Radio-Quiet Galaxy at Redshift 2.38

Francis, Paul; Woodgate, Bruce E.

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Detection of Extended Dust in a Radio-Quiet Galaxy at Redshift 2.38

Date

1996

Authors

Francis, Paul

Woodgate, Bruce E.

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Abstract

We have discovered a compact group of galaxies at redshift 2.38, probably representing a proto-elliptical galaxy in the act of bottom-up formation. The group is embedded in an extended (>100 kpc radius) lumpy cloud of gas. This gas cloud is dusty, even at large distances from any of the galaxies.