November 15, 2012 01:00 PM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2012-36

NASA Great Observatories Find Candidate for Most Distant Galaxy Yet Known

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All images from this news release:

Distant Galaxy Lensed by Cluster MACS J0647 Image Type: Astronomical/Annotated PRC2012-36a

Cluster MACS J0647 Provides Three Magnified Views of Distant Galaxy Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration/Annotated PRC2012-36b

Galaxy Cluster MACS J0647 Image Type: Astronomical

Lensed Object MACS0647-JD Image Type: Astronomical

Lensed Object MACS0647-JD1 Image Type: Astronomical

Lensed Object MACS0647-JD2 Image Type: Astronomical

Lensed Object MACS0647-JD3 Image Type: Astronomical

Galaxy Cluster MACS J0647 Image Type: Astronomical

Compass and Scale Image of MACS J0647+7015 Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration

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