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BandWavelengthTelescope
Infrared1.15 μmJames Webb Space Telescope
NIRCam
Infrared1.5 μmJames Webb Space Telescope
NIRCam
Infrared2.2 μmJames Webb Space Telescope
NIRCam
Infrared2.77 μmJames Webb Space Telescope
NIRCam
Infrared3.56 μmJames Webb Space Telescope
NIRCam
Infrared4.44 μmJames Webb Space Telescope
NIRCam

Webb Surprises Astronomers with Never-Before-Seen Details of the Early Universe

The massive gravity of galaxy cluster MACS0647 acts as a cosmic lens to bend and magnify light from the more distant MACS0647-JD system. It also triply lensed the JD system, causing its image to appear in three separate locations. These images, which are highlighted with white boxes, are marked JD1, JD2, and JD3. MACS0647-JD has a redshift of about 11, which puts it in the first 400 million years after the Big Bang. The long, diagonal line traversing the image is a diffraction spike from a bright star located just off the frame.

Note: This image depicts data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process.

[Image Description: A James Webb Space Telescope image of galaxy cluster MACS0647 and the very distant galaxy MACS0647-JD. At left, the cluster appears as a sea of galaxies on a black background and three small boxes outlined in white mark the locations of the three images of galaxy MACS0647-JD. Enlarged images of these boxes appear in a column down the right side of the screen]

Credit:

NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

About the Image

Id: MACS0647a
Type: Collage
Release date: 26 October 2022, 17:00
Size: 8711 x 6550 px


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