An Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics team led by Dr Kanak Saha, associate professor IUCAA, received the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) New Discovery Award this year, for the discovery of “Lyman continuum emission from a galaxy at z=1.42.”
The award was given at an online programme on February 20.The ASI award is given every year to an Indian national for a discovery made in the country.
Dr Saha’s research helped in discovering one of the earliest galaxies in extreme ultraviolet light in universe and observations were made by using AstroSat of ISRO, which is India’s first multi-wavelength satellite-telescope.
