Objects in JWST's mirrors are closer than they appear
Abstract
JWST has revealed the most distant galaxies known, but photometric estimates of their redshifts are likely to be overly generous, owing to a statistical effect identified by Sir Arthur Eddington.
- Publication:
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Nature Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- October 2023
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2308.13347
- Bibcode:
- 2023NatAs...7.1143S
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Nature Astronomy, published 03 October 2023. Authors' revised version. 4 pages, one figure. Published version at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02093-8