The JADES Origins Field: A New JWST Deep Field in the JADES Second NIRCam Data Release

Daniel J. Eisenstein; Benjamin D. Johnson; Brant Robertson; Sandro Tacchella; Kevin Hainline; Peter Jakobsen; Roberto Maiolino; Nina Bonaventura; Andrew J. Bunker; Alex J. Cameron; Phillip A. Cargile; Emma Curtis-Lake; Ryan Hausen; Dávid Puskás; Marcia Rieke; Fengwu Sun; Christopher N. A. Willmer; Chris Willott; Stacey Alberts; Santiago Arribas; William M. Baker; Stefi Baum; Rachana Bhatawdekar; Stefano Carniani; Stephane Charlot; Zuyi Chen; Jacopo Chevallard; Mirko Curti; Christa DeCoursey; Francesco D'Eugenio; Anna de Graaff; Eiichi Egami; Jakob M. Helton; Zhiyuan Ji; Gareth C. Jones; Nimisha Kumari; Nora Lützgendorf; Isaac Laseter; Tobias J. Looser; Jianwei Lyu; Michael V. Maseda; Erica Nelson; Eleonora Parlanti; Bernard J. Rauscher; Tim Rawle; George Rieke; Hans-Walter Rix; Wiphu Rujopakarn; Lester Sandles; Aayush Saxena; Jan Scholtz; Katherine Sharpe; Irene Shivaei; Charlotte Simmonds; Renske Smit; Michael W. Topping; Hannah Übler; Giacomo Venturi; Joris Witstok; Charity Woodrum

The JADES Origins Field: A New JWST Deep Field in the JADES Second NIRCam Data Release

Daniel J. Eisenstein
, Benjamin D. Johnson
, Brant Robertson
, Sandro Tacchella
, Kevin Hainline
, Peter Jakobsen
, Roberto Maiolino
, Nina Bonaventura
, Andrew J. Bunker
, Alex J. Cameron
, Phillip A. Cargile
, Emma Curtis-Lake
, Ryan Hausen
, Dávid Puskás
, Marcia Rieke
, Fengwu Sun
, Christopher N. A. Willmer
, Chris Willott
, Stacey Alberts
, Santiago Arribas

William M. Baker, Stefi Baum, Rachana Bhatawdekar, Stefano Carniani, Stephane Charlot, Zuyi Chen, Jacopo Chevallard, Mirko Curti, Christa DeCoursey, Francesco D'Eugenio, Anna de Graaff, Eiichi Egami, Jakob M. Helton, Zhiyuan Ji, Gareth C. Jones, Nimisha Kumari, Nora Lützgendorf, Isaac Laseter, Tobias J. Looser, Jianwei Lyu, Michael V. Maseda, Erica Nelson, Eleonora Parlanti, Bernard J. Rauscher, Tim Rawle, George Rieke, Hans-Walter Rix, Wiphu Rujopakarn, Lester Sandles, Aayush Saxena, Jan Scholtz, Katherine Sharpe, Irene Shivaei, Charlotte Simmonds, Renske Smit, Michael W. Topping, Hannah Übler, Giacomo Venturi, Joris Witstok, Charity Woodrum

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We summarize the properties and initial data release of the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the longest single pointing yet imaged with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This field falls within the GOODS-S region about 8' south-west of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), where it was formed initially in Cycle 1 as a parallel field of HUDF spectroscopic observations within the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES). This imaging was greatly extended in Cycle 2 program 3215, which observed the JOF for 5 days in six medium-band filters, seeking robust candidates for z>15 galaxies. This program also includes ultra-deep parallel NIRSpec spectroscopy (up to 91 hours on-source, summing over the dispersion modes) on the HUDF. Cycle 3 observations from program 4540 added 20 hours of NIRCam slitless spectroscopy and F070W imaging to the JOF. With these three campaigns, the JOF was observed for 380 open-shutter hours with NIRCam using 15 imaging filters and 2 grism bandpasses. Further, parts of the JOF have deep 43 hr MIRI observations in F770W. Taken together, the JOF is one of the most compelling deep fields available with JWST and a powerful window into the early Universe. This paper presents the second data release from JADES, featuring the imaging and catalogs from the year 1 JOF observations.

Original language	English
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	281
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2025

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Eisenstein, D. J., Johnson, B. D., Robertson, B., Tacchella, S., Hainline, K., Jakobsen, P., Maiolino, R., Bonaventura, N., Bunker, A. J., Cameron, A. J., Cargile, P. A., Curtis-Lake, E., Hausen, R., Puskás, D., Rieke, M., Sun, F., Willmer, C. N. A., Willott, C., Alberts, S., ... Woodrum, C. (2025). The JADES Origins Field: A New JWST Deep Field in the JADES Second NIRCam Data Release. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 281(2).

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AU - Hainline, Kevin

AU - Jakobsen, Peter

AU - Maiolino, Roberto

AU - Bonaventura, Nina

AU - Bunker, Andrew J.

AU - Cameron, Alex J.

AU - Cargile, Phillip A.

AU - Curtis-Lake, Emma

AU - Hausen, Ryan

AU - Puskás, Dávid

AU - Rieke, Marcia

AU - Sun, Fengwu

AU - Willmer, Christopher N. A.

AU - Willott, Chris

AU - Alberts, Stacey

AU - Arribas, Santiago

AU - Baker, William M.

AU - Baum, Stefi

AU - Bhatawdekar, Rachana

AU - Carniani, Stefano

AU - Charlot, Stephane

AU - Chen, Zuyi

AU - Chevallard, Jacopo

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AU - DeCoursey, Christa

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AU - de Graaff, Anna

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N1 - Accepted to ApJ Supplement. Notable updates to reflect on-orbit outcome. Images and catalogs are available at https://archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/jades . A FITSmap portal to view the images is at https://jades.idies.jhu.edu

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N2 - We summarize the properties and initial data release of the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the longest single pointing yet imaged with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This field falls within the GOODS-S region about 8' south-west of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), where it was formed initially in Cycle 1 as a parallel field of HUDF spectroscopic observations within the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES). This imaging was greatly extended in Cycle 2 program 3215, which observed the JOF for 5 days in six medium-band filters, seeking robust candidates for z>15 galaxies. This program also includes ultra-deep parallel NIRSpec spectroscopy (up to 91 hours on-source, summing over the dispersion modes) on the HUDF. Cycle 3 observations from program 4540 added 20 hours of NIRCam slitless spectroscopy and F070W imaging to the JOF. With these three campaigns, the JOF was observed for 380 open-shutter hours with NIRCam using 15 imaging filters and 2 grism bandpasses. Further, parts of the JOF have deep 43 hr MIRI observations in F770W. Taken together, the JOF is one of the most compelling deep fields available with JWST and a powerful window into the early Universe. This paper presents the second data release from JADES, featuring the imaging and catalogs from the year 1 JOF observations.

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