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UNCOVERing the extended strong lensing structures of Abell 2744 with the deepest JWST imaging
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1627 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.523.4568F

Franx, Marijn; Labbé, Ivo; van Dokkum, Pieter +18 more

We present a new parametric lens model for the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 based on new ultra-deep JWST imaging taken in the framework of the UNCOVER program. These observations constitute the deepest JWST images of a lensing cluster to date, adding to existing deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images and the recent JWST Early Release Scienc…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST JWST 86
Detection of stellar light from quasar host galaxies at redshifts above 6
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06345-5 Bibcode: 2023Natur.621...51D

Baba, Shunsuke; Treu, Tommaso; Fujimoto, Seiji +41 more

The detection of starlight from the host galaxies of quasars during the reionization epoch (z > 6) has been elusive, even with deep Hubble Space Telescope observations1,2. The current highest redshift quasar host detected3, at z = 4.5, required the magnifying effect of a foreground lensing galaxy. Low-luminosity quasars

2023 Nature
JWST 85
A rich hydrocarbon chemistry and high C to O ratio in the inner disk around a very low-mass star
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-01965-3 Bibcode: 2023NatAs...7..805T

Waters, L. B. F. M.; Olofsson, G.; Abergel, A. +43 more

Carbon is an essential element for life but how much can be delivered to young planets is still an open question. The chemical characterization of planet-forming disks is a crucial step in our understanding of the diversity and habitability of exoplanets. Very low-mass stars (less than 0.2 M) are interesting targets because they host a…

2023 Nature Astronomy
Gaia JWST 85
The nature of an ultra-faint galaxy in the cosmic dark ages seen with JWST
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05994-w Bibcode: 2023Natur.618..480R

Santini, Paola; Castellano, Marco; Fontana, Adriano +44 more

In the first billion years after the Big Bang, sources of ultraviolet (UV) photons are believed to have ionized intergalactic hydrogen, rendering the Universe transparent to UV radiation. Galaxies brighter than the characteristic luminosity L* (refs. 1,2) do not provide enough ionizing photons to drive this cosmic reionization. Fainter …

2023 Nature
eHST JWST 84
High-z galaxies with JWST and local analogues - it is not only star formation
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1704 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.525.2087B

Brinchmann, Jarle

I present an analysis of the JWST NIRSpec data of SMACS 0723 released as Early Release Observations. As part of this three new redshifts are provided, bringing the total of reliable redshifts to 14. I propose a modification to the direct abundance determination method that reduces sensitivity to flux calibration uncertainties by a factor of ~3 and…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST JWST 84
Morphologies of Galaxies at z ≳ 9 Uncovered by JWST/NIRCam Imaging: Cosmic Size Evolution and an Identification of an Extremely Compact Bright Galaxy at z 12
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd44a Bibcode: 2023ApJ...951...72O

Ono, Yoshiaki; Ouchi, Masami; Harikane, Yuichi +8 more

We present morphologies of galaxies at z ≳ 9 resolved by JWST/NIRCam 2-5 µm imaging. Our sample consists of 22 galaxy candidates identified by stringent dropout and photo-z criteria in GLASS, CEERS, SMACS J0723, and Stephan's Quintet flanking fields, one of which has been spectroscopically identified at z = 11.44. We perform surface brightne…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 83
Gaia Data Release 3. All-sky classification of 12.4 million variable sources into 25 classes
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245591 Bibcode: 2023A&A...674A..14R

Gavras, Panagiotis; Ábrahám, Péter; Gomel, Roy +31 more

Context. Gaia DR3 contains 1.8 billion sources with G-band photometry, 1.5 billion of which with GBP and GRP photometry, complemented by positions on the sky, parallax, and proper motion. The median number of field-of-view transits in the three photometric bands is between 40 and 44 measurements per source and covers 34 month…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 81
SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: A Variable Red Supergiant as the Progenitor Candidate to a Type II Supernova
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ace4ca Bibcode: 2023ApJ...952L..23K

Kilpatrick, Charles D.; Coulter, David A.; Drout, Maria R. +17 more

We present preexplosion optical and infrared (IR) imaging at the site of the type II supernova (SN II) 2023ixf in Messier 101 at 6.9 Mpc. We astrometrically registered a ground-based image of SN 2023ixf to archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Spitzer Space Telescope (Spitzer), and ground-based near-IR images. A single point source is detected at…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 80
NGDEEP Epoch 1: The Faint End of the Luminosity Function at z 9-12 from Ultradeep JWST Imaging
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/acf365 Bibcode: 2023ApJ...954L..46L

Papovich, Casey; Yang, Guang; Finkelstein, Steven L. +26 more

We present a robust sample of very high redshift galaxy candidates from the first epoch of JWST/NIRCam imaging from the Next Generation Deep Extragalactic Exploratory Public (NGDEEP) survey. The NGDEEP NIRCam imaging, spanning 9.7 arcmin2 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Parallel Field 2, reaches m = 30.4 (5σ, point-source, 2″ diameter ap…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST JWST 78
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XI. Stellar Masses and Mass-to-light Ratio of z > 7 Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac9586 Bibcode: 2023ApJ...942L..27S

Polenta, G.; Vulcani, B.; Treu, T. +27 more

We exploit James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam observations from the GLASS-JWST-Early Release Science program to investigate galaxy stellar masses at z > 7. We first show that JWST observations reduce the uncertainties on the stellar mass by a factor of at least 5-10, when compared with the highest-quality data sets available to date. We t…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 78