The Super Eight Galaxies: Properties of a Sample of Very Bright Galaxies at 7 < z < 8

Abstract

We present the Super Eight galaxies - a set of very luminous, high-redshift ($7.1 <25.5$. Four of these objects were originally reported in Calvi et al. 2016. Combining new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFC3/F814W imaging and $Spitzer$ IRAC data with archival imaging from BoRG and other surveys, we explore the properties of these galaxies. Photometric redshift fitting places six of these galaxies in the redshift range of $7.1