SPT0418-47
Sign in to saveSPT0418−47 is a gravitationally lensed, high-redshift, dusty star-forming galaxy, discovered with the South Pole Telescope. Observations with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed the presence of a companion galaxy, which may indicate that SPT0418−47 is a merging system of galaxies.
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It sits within the topics Galaxies discovered in 2020 and Horologium (constellation).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- galaxy
- Constellation
- Horologium
- Distance from Earth
- 12000000000
- Mass
- 4.81011
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- redshift
- 4.2
- time of discovery or invention
- 2020-08-12
- catalog code
- SPT–SJ041839–4751.9
- epoch
- J2000.0
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SPT0418−47 is a gravitationally lensed, high-redshift, dusty star-forming galaxy, discovered with the South Pole Telescope. Observations with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed the presence of a companion galaxy, which may indicate that SPT0418−47 is a merging system of galaxies.
In June 2023 detection of organic molecules in SPT0418−47 using the Webb telescope was announced.
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