Astronomy current events question: distant galaxy with black hole

Astronomy 210L, Fall Semester 2009
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)

Astronomy.com editors, "University of Hawaii astronomer finds giant galaxy hosting the most distant supermassive black hole," September 4, 2009
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8603

How was a University of Hawaii astronomer able to obtain images of a giant galaxy containing the most distant black hole ever found? Circle your answer below.
(A) Computer simulations of a collision between satellite galaxies and the Milky Way.
(B) Faint radio signals received by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
(C) Cave paintings of the same galaxy, much younger, dating back to the Pleistocene era.
(D) Re-examining archived images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
(E) A new red-sensitive camera on the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea.

Correct answer: (E).

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 4 students
(B) : 1 student
(C) : 1 student
(D) : 1 student
(E) : 58 students