JADES-GS-z14-0

JADES-GS-z14-0
JADES-GS-z14-0 appears as a red blob highlighted by an arrow in this image by NIRCam. The white object at its upper left is a foreground galaxy designated as NIRCam ID 183349 at z = 3.475.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationFornax
Right ascension03h 32m 36.89s
Declination−27° 46 49.33
Redshift14.1793±0.0007
Distance13.428 million light-years
(light travel distance)
33.844 million light-years
(present proper distance)
Characteristics
TypeLyman-break galaxy
Half-light radius (physical)260 ± 20 pc
Half-light radius (apparent)0.079 arcsec

JADES-GS-z14-0 is a high-redshift Lyman-Break galaxy in the constellation Fornax that was discovered in 2024 using NIRCam as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) program. It has a redshift of about 14.18, making it one of the most distant galaxies and astronomical objects ever discovered. According to current theory, this redshift corresponds to a time about 13.5 billion years ago, approximately 300 million years after the Big Bang, or about 2% of its current age.