Astronomy:MACS1149-JD1

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MACS1149-JD1
Hubble and ALMA image of MACS J1149.5+2223.jpg
Hubble and ALMA image of galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 with an inset of MACS1149-JD1
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension 11h 49m 33.584s
Declination+22° 24′ 45.78″
Redshift9.1096±0.0006[1]
Helio radial velocity2878008±59958 km/s[2]
Distance30.37 Gly (9.311 Gpc)[3] (co-moving)
13.28 Gly (4.07 Gpc)[4] (light travel)
Group or clusterMACS J1149.5+2223
Apparent magnitude (V)26.8[3]
Characteristics
TypeDwarf
Mass1.1+0.5
−0.2
×109
[1] M
Size3,000 ly (diameter)
Apparent size (V)0.00075 x 0.00075
Other designations
[PCB2012] 3020, [KOI2016] HFF4C-YJ1, [ZZI2017] 663[5]

MACS1149-JD1 (also known as JD1 and PCB2012 3020) is one of the farthest known galaxies from Earth. The galaxy was discovered in 2014, and confirmed in 2018.[6] The JD1 galaxy is at a redshift of about z=9.11,[1] or about 13.28 billion ly (4.07 billion pc) away from Earth.[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hashimoto, Takuya (May 2018). "The onset of star formation 250 million years after the Big Bang". Nature 557 (7705): 392–395. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0117-z. PMID 29769675. Bibcode2018Natur.557..392H. 
  2. Zheng, Wei (September 2012). "A magnified young galaxy from about 500 million years after the Big Bang". Nature 489 (7416): 406–408. doi:10.1038/nature11446. PMID 22996554. Bibcode2012Natur.489..406Z. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Index for [PCB2012 3020"]. NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=189158504. Retrieved 19 May 2018. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "ALMA Finds Most-Distant Oxygen in the Universe" (Press release). ALMA Observatory. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. "[ZZI2017 663"]. SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%5BZZI2017%5D+663. 
  6. Hashimoto, Takuya; Laporte, Nicolas; Mawatari, Ken; Ellis, Richard S.; Inoue, Akio K.; Zackrisson, Erik; Roberts-Borsani, Guido; Zheng, Wei et al. (May 2018). "The onset of star formation 250 million years after the Big Bang" (in en). Nature 557 (7705): 392–395. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0117-z. ISSN 0028-0836. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0117-z. 

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