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1RXS J013724.7-082744, John Bozeman

1RXS J013724.7-082744

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1RXS J013724.7-082744, John Bozeman

1RXS J013724.7-082744

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This deep field is intended to study a particular object which has been discovered earlier this year, which is Earendel, the most distant individual star ever observed. It is located at redshift ~6, which means the light dates back to 900 millions years after the Big Bang. It is only visible because of a very high gravitational magnification effect. The goal of the study is to not only get to know the star better by confirming its nature and characteristics, but also to study the host galaxy, dubbed the "Sunrise arc". The images are taken with the NIRCam, here with the long wavelength filters F277W, F356W and F444W (respectively Blue, Green, Red in this image).

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2022.

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1RXS J013724.7-082744, John Bozeman