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CEERS2 588
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension14h 19m 37.5900s
Declination52° 56′ 43.80″
Redshift11.04
Distance
Apparent magnitude (V)26.9
Characteristics
TypeLyman-break galaxy
Size3000 ly
Half-light radius (apparent)120 mas
References: [1]

CEERS2 588 is a high-redshift Lyman-break galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during the NIRCam and NIRSpec observations for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS),[1] and is the 10th farthest galaxy known as of october 2024.

Discovery

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CEERS2 588 was discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) in 2024, and it measured a redshift of 11.04.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Finkelstein, Steven L.; Bagley, Micaela B.; Ferguson, Henry C.; Wilkins, Stephen M.; Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.; Papovich, Casey; Yung, L. Y. Aaron; Haro, Pablo Arrabal; Behroozi, Peter; Dickinson, Mark; Kocevski, Dale D.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Larson, Rebecca L.; Bail, Aurélien Le; Morales, Alexa M. (March 2023). "CEERS Key Paper. I. An Early Look into the First 500 Myr of Galaxy Formation with JWST". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946 (1): L13. arXiv:2211.05792. Bibcode:2023ApJ...946L..13F. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acade4. ISSN 2041-8205.