Gz9p3
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Gz9p3 | |
|---|---|
 Image of Gz9p3, as seen by JWST NIRCam | |
| Observation data | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 00h 14m 28.12s[1] |
| Declination | −30° 25′ 31.93″[2] |
| Redshift | 9.3127±0.0002 |
| Distance | 13.4 billion light years (Light travel distance) |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Lyman-break galaxy, galaxy merger |
Gz9p3 is a high-redshift Lyman-break galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope on 2023, it is estimated to have formed only 510 million years after the Big Bang, making it the brightest galaxy merger known from such an early epoch in the Universe.[3]