MIDIS: MIRI Uncovers Virgil, the First Little Red Dot with Clear Detection of Its Host Galaxy at z ≃ 6.6

MIDIS: MIRI Uncovers Virgil, the First Little Red Dot with Clear Detection of Its Host Galaxy at z ≃ 6.6

We present Virgil, a Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) extremely red object detected with the F1000W filter as part of the MIRI Deep Imaging Survey observations of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Virgil is an Ly α emitter (LAE) at z _spec  = 6.6312 ± 0.0019 (from the Very Large Telescope/MUSE) with a rest...

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Main Authors: Edoardo Iani, Pierluigi Rinaldi, Karina I. Caputi, Marianna Annunziatella, Danial Langeroodi, Jens Melinder, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Leindert A. Boogaard, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Luca Costantin, Thibaud Moutard, Luis Colina, Göran Östlin, Thomas R. Greve, Gillian Wright, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Arjan Bik, Steven Gillman, Alejandro Crespo Gómez, Jens Hjorth, Sarah Kendrew, Alvaro Labiano, John P. Pye, Tuomo V. Tikkanen, Fabian Walter, Manuel Güdel, Thomas Henning, Paul P. van der Werf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Galaxy formation
Galaxy evolution
High-redshift galaxies
Stellar populations
Active galactic nuclei
Galaxy ages
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ade5a6
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