A Pair of Compact Red Galaxies at Redshift 2.38, Immersed in a 100 Kiloparsec Scale Ly Nebula

Francis, Paul; Williger, Gerard; Collins, Nicholas; Palunas, Povilas; Malumuth, Eliot; Woodgate, Bruce; Teplitz, Harry; Smette, Alain; Sutherland, Ralph; Danks, Anthony; Hill, Robert S; Lindler, Donald; Kimble, Randy A; Heap, Sara; Hutchings, John

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A Pair of Compact Red Galaxies at Redshift 2.38, Immersed in a 100 Kiloparsec Scale Ly Nebula

Date

2001

Authors

Francis, Paul

Williger, Gerard

Collins, Nicholas

Palunas, Povilas

Malumuth, Eliot

Woodgate, Bruce

Teplitz, Harry

Smette, Alain

Sutherland, Ralph

Danks, Anthony

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observations of a pair of galaxies at a redshift of 2.38, which are collectively known as 2142-4420 B1. Both galaxies are luminous extremely red objects (EROs) and are separated by 0.″8. They are embedd