Typo in telescope coordinates reveals one of the faintest galaxies in the known universe

Scientists have serendipitously discovered what is possibly the faintest galaxy ever seen after making a typo in their telescope coordinates. The unusual object is seemingly made entirely from spread-out gas and doesn’t contain any visible stars.

The new galaxy, which scientists have named J0613+52, was first detected when a typo in the coordinates pointed the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in an unintended direction. Scientists caught the mistake during a routine calibration against the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, but the team was surprised to discover that the accidental observation spotted an isolated and unrecorded object known as a dark primordial galaxy, according to research presented Jan. 8 at the American Astronomy Society’s annual meeting.

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