MACS 2129-1 is an early universe so-called 'dead'
disk galaxy
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discovered in 2017 by the
Hubble Space Telescope
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from
NASA
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. It lies approximately 10 billion light-years away from Earth (current distance 18 billion light years) .
MACS 2129-1 has been described as 'dead' as it has ceased making new stars.
See also
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List of galaxies
There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in all of the observable universe.
On the order of 100,000 galaxies make up the Virgo Supercluster, Local Supercluster, and about 51 galaxies are in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a ...
References
Galaxies
Aquarius (constellation)
Discoveries by the Hubble Space Telescope
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