 Just on Hubble data, the galaxy could be an object intrinsically red and relatively close to Earth, therefore, confirmation using suitably sensitive spectroscopic equipment was needed.This was attempted using the European Southern Observatory's SINFONI-equipped Very Large Telescope unit Yepun, located atop Cerro Paranal in Chile's Atacama Desert.Lehnert's team observed the galaxy for 16 hours, and then analysed their results over 2 months, and published their findings in "Nature", in October 2010.