Friday, August 7, 2026

Astronomers Find a New Object from the Early Universe Using Webb Data

The MACS J0308.9+2645 cluster, as captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

Homer Dávila Gutierrez, director of SKYCR.ORG, has identified a gravitational arc candidate in the galaxy cluster MACS J0308.9+2645 from public data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The object had not been previously reported and is located at a photometric redshift close to 4.4. The preprint is available on arXiv and the manuscript is under review in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan.



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