Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Data |
| Note: |
The work presented in these papers is based in part on ground-based observations from the following telescope observatories: Keck Observatory in Hawaii, the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) and the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona, and the Magellean Telescopes in Chile. |
| HST Data Description: |
The science findings in this release are based on HST data from the following proposals:
| 11741: T. Tripp (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), J. Prochaska (University of California, Santa Cruz), C. Howk and N. Lehner (University of Notre Dame), K. Sembach (STScI), and D. Bowen and E. Jenkins (Princeton University); |
| 11598: J. Tumlinson (STScI), T. Tripp (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), J. Prochaska (University of California, Santa Cruz), K. Sembach (STScI), R. Dave (University of Arizona), D. Weinberg (Ohio State University), N. Katz (University of Massachusetts), and B. Oppenheimer (University of Arizona); and |
| 11592: N. Lehner, C. Howk, and W. Zech (University of Notre Dame). Archival STIS data were also used in these findings. |
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| Instrument: |
COS |
| Gratings: |
G130M and G160M |
| Exposure Date(s): |
2009-2011 |
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| About the Release |
| Credit: |
NASA, ESA, N. Lehner (University of Notre Dame), T. Tripp (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and J. Tumlinson (STScI) |
| Release Date: |
November 17, 2011 |
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