SMM J2135-0102
SMM-J2135-0102 (also known as the Cosmic Eyelash) is a galaxy discovered using the Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) of the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope.
 Artist’s impression of the distant galaxy SMM J2135-0102 shows large bright clouds a few hundred light-years in size, which are regions of active star formation | |
 Location map | |
| Object type | Galaxy |
|---|---|
Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| 21h 35m 11.60s | |
| Declination | -01° 02′ 52.0″ |
| Redshift | 2.3259 |
| Distance | 10 billion / 3066 |
| Estimated age | 10–30Myr |
The object was discovered by a group of researchers during an observation session of the galaxy supercluster, MACSJ2135-010217. The cluster causes a gravitational lens effect that amplified SMM-J2135-0102 by 32 times. It was possible to identify four molecular clouds whose solar luminosities were 100 times higher than that of similar regions in the Milky Way. This suggests a process of star formation that is 250 times faster.[1]
References
- Swinbank, A. M.; Smail, I.; Longmore, S.; Harris, A. I.; Baker, A. J.; De Breuck, C.; Richard, J.; Edge, A. C.; Ivison, R. J. (2010-03-21). "Intense star formation within resolved compact regions in a galaxy at z = 2.3". Nature. 464 (7289): 733–736. arXiv:1003.3674. Bibcode:2010Natur.464..733S. doi:10.1038/nature08880. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20305639.
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