COSMOS Field MoM-z14 Galaxy (NIRCam compass image)

This image of the COSMOS Legacy Field captured by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) highlights the galaxy MoM-z14, with compass arrows and colour key for reference. MoM-z14 is currently the farthest galaxy Webb has detected.

The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).

This image shows near-infrared wavelengths of light that have been translated into visible-light colours. The colour key shows which NIRCam filters were used. The colour of each filter name is the visible-light colour used to represent the infrared light that passes through that filter.

[Image description: A wide field of view showing deep space, dotted with many small galaxies and a few foreground stars that display six diffraction spikes. One galaxy is highlighted with a magnified image in a graphic pull-out box in the lower right corner. The galaxy is labeled MoM-z14 and appears as a blurry yellow blob with a small red area at its top. At the bottom left are compass arrows indicating the orientation of the image on the sky. Below the image is a color key showing which NIRCam filters were used to create the image and which visible-light color is assigned to each filter.]