Context: A Global team of scientists has discovered one of the earliest galaxies using India’s AstroSat.

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• A global team led by scientists of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has discovered one of the earliest galaxies in extreme ultraviolet light.
• AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem, has detected extreme UV light from a galaxy called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.

Important Info:

• Astrosat, India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space telescope, was launched by ISRO on a PSLV-XL in 2015.
• The scientific payload contains six instruments.

1. The Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT)
2. The Soft X-ray imaging Telescope (SXT)
3. The LAXPC Instrument
4. The Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI)
5. The Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM)
6. The Charged Particle Monitor (CPM)

Reference:  https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/global-team-led-by-iucaa-scientists-marks-a-major-breakthrough-6568281/

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