We present spectroscopic confirmation of a z = 0.99 galaxy cluster discovered using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). This is the first z ∼ 1 cluster candidate from the Massive Distant Clusters of WISE Survey to be confirmed. It was selected as an overdensity of probable z ≳ 1 sources using a combination of WISE and Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR8 photometric catalogs. Deeper follow-up imaging data from Subaru and WIYN reveal the cluster to be a rich system of galaxies, and multi-object spectroscopic observations from Keck confirm five cluster members at z = 0.99. The detection and confirmation of this cluster represents a first step toward constructing a uniformly selected sample of distant, high-mass galaxy clusters over the full extragalactic sky using WISE data. © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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Gettings, D. P., Gonzalez, A. H., Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, P. R. M., Brodwin, M., Mancone, C., … Wright, E. L. (2012, November 1). The massive distant clusters of wise survey: The first distant galaxy cluster discovered by wise. Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L23
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