Astronomy:GS-NDG-9422

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GS-NDG-9422
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Observation data
ConstellationFornax
Right ascension 03h 32m 36.89s
Declination−27° 46′ 49.33″
Redshift5.943
Distance (comoving)0 ± 0 Mly (000 ± 00 Mpc)h−10.73

GS-NDG-9422 is a nebular dominated galaxy in the constellation Fornax that was discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.[1][2][3] Scientists assume that the galaxy's light comes mostly from superheated gas (more than 80 000 degrees Celsius).[4][5][3][6]

References

  1. ↑ Nebular dominated galaxies: insights into the stellar initial mass function at high redshift, Alex J Cameron, Harley Katz, Callum Witten, Aayush Saxena, Nicolas Laporte, Andrew J Bunker, October 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 534, Issue 1
  2. ↑ In Odd Galaxy, NASA’s Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars, 25 September 2024, science.nasa.gov
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Galaxy GS-NDG-9422 Spectrum (NIRSpec), jameswebbtracker.com
  4. ↑ 'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars, Sharmila Kuthunur, 26 September 2024, www.space.com
  5. ↑ Webb finds potential missing link to first stars, 25 September 2024, esawebb.org
  6. ↑ Webb discovers 'weird' galaxy with gas outshining its stars, ras.ac.uk

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