JADES Transients (NIRCam Image)

Stsci_2024-122b_1024

stsci_2024-122b June 10th, 2024

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Christa DeCoursey (U Arizona) Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

This mosaic displays three of about 80 transients, or objects of changing brightness, identified in data from the JADES (JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey) program. Most of the transients are the result of exploding stars or supernovae. By comparing images taken in 2022 and 2023, astronomers could locate supernovae that, from our perspective, recently exploded (like the examples shown in the first two columns), or supernovae that had already exploded and whose light was fading away (third column).

The age of each supernova can be determined from its redshift (designated by ‘z’). The light of the most distant supernova, at a redshift of 3.8, originated when the universe was only 1.7 billion years old. A redshift of 2.845 corresponds to a time 2.3 billion years after the big bang. The closest example, at a redshift of 0.655, shows light that left its galaxy about 6 billion years ago, when the universe was just over half its current age.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-122

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
JADES GOODS-N HUDF
Subject - General
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 32m 29.5s
DEC = -27° 48’ 18.6”
Orientation
North is 61.5° CCW
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 900.0 nm
Blue Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.2 µm
Blue Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.5 µm
Green Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 2.0 µm
Green Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 2.8 µm
Green Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 3.4 µm
Red Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 3.6 µm
Red Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 4.1 µm
Red Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 4.4 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Blue
Blue
Green
Green
Green
Red
Red
Red
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ID
2024-122b
Subject Category
E.5.5.3   E.6.1.1  
Subject Name
JADES, GOODS-N, HUDF
Credits
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Christa DeCoursey (U Arizona) Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
Release Date
2024-06-10
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-122
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb
Instrument
NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Green, Red, Red, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
900, 1150, 1500, 2000, 2770, 3350, 3560, 4100, 4440
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
53.12278110762, -27.80516045556
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
61.48141373789
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
https://www.stsci.edu/
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
https://www.stsci.edu/copyright
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-J-p24122b-f-1450x900.tif
Metadata Date
2024-06-13T10:18:07-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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