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eitau_1today at 12:01 PM2 repliesview on HN

Does anyone know if JWST has seen stuff far enough for this effect to kick in?

[Angular Diameter Turnaround](https://xkcd.com/2622/)


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ben_wtoday at 1:30 PM

Yes, as per Wikipedia that happens much closer to us, at redshift 1.5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter_distance

(Note: the reason to measure in red shift rather than light years is that when this comes up it suddenly gets very important to be very careful about what exactly you even mean by "how far away is that thing?")

jdifftoday at 12:23 PM

Yes, JWST can see as far back as 300 million years after the big bang.