Webb's First Deep Field (SMACS 0723)
Caption: Webb's first deep field — the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 — the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant universe at the time of its release.
Scientific context
A near-infrared image in which the mass of the foreground cluster SMACS 0723 gravitationally lenses far more distant background galaxies into arcs, revealing galaxies as they were over 13 billion years ago.
Subject & instruments
Instrument: NIRCam · Near-infrared
Collections
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Source & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- STScISpace Telescope Science Institute
Science operations and public image archives for the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes (MAST, HubbleSite, webbtelescope.org).
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