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Galaxy CEERS 4233-42232: Comparison With Quasar Spectrum  

This graphic illustrates the pronounced narrow peak of the spectra that caught researchers’ attention in a small sample of galaxies, represented here by galaxy CEERS 4233-42232. ...

Date
Jan 6, 2026
Observatory
James Webb Space Telescope
Credit
NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
Archive ID
galaxy-ceers-4233-42232-comparison-with-quasar-spectrum

This graphic illustrates the pronounced narrow peak of the spectra that caught researchers’ attention in a small sample of galaxies, represented here by galaxy CEERS 4233-42232. Typically, distant point-like light sources are quasars, but quasar spectra have a much broader shape.

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