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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 10:09, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

EGS-zs8-1

 * ... that the existence of one of the oldest galaxies, EGS-zs8-1, was confirmed with a Spitzer space telescope in 2013 by Pascal Oesch, a Yale astronomer?


 * ALT1:... that the stars in EGS-zs8-1, a galaxy whose existence was confirmed in 2013, are 100 to 300 million years old?
 * ALT2:... that the oldest galaxy, EGS-zs8-1, whose existence was confirmed in 2013, passed the previous record for oldest galaxy by about 30 million years?
 * ALT3: ... that EGS-zs8-1 is the oldest and most distant galaxy ever observed?
 * Reviewed: Sliding bookcase
 * Comment: A failed ITN nomination

Created by Graeme Bartlett (talk), ThaddeusB (talk), Drbogdan (talk), and Jcardazzi (talk). Nominated by George Ho (talk) at 06:08, 13 May 2015 (UTC).
 * Thanks for nominating. I added a simple ALT3. Sometimes less is more. --ThaddeusB (talk) 13:58, 13 May 2015 (UTC)


 * New enough.
 * Long enough, 2579 characters (419 words) "readable prose size". (this version.
 * Neutrally, written, no copyvio, no close paraphrasing.
 * Well cited.
 * Hook interesting. Alt 3 preferred. Hook citation checks out.
 * Symbol confirmed.svg

AshLin (talk) 19:53, 13 May 2015 (UTC)