JWST Takes a new photo of the horse head nebula

• JWST Takes a new photo of the horse head nebula
  Posted by JustMeHere on 30 Apr, 2024 20:31
• Main Article:  https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-captures-top-of-iconic-horsehead-nebula-in-unprecedented-detail/
  
  The magnification of this thing over the Hubble is damn impressive.
  
  https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webb-miri-stsci-01hwdbrbh7r86c2m8n7kqaz8jr.png?w=2560&format=webp
  
  Full Rez photos:
  https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webb-miri-stsci-01hwdbrbh7r86c2m8n7kqaz8jr.png?w=2560&format=webp  Wrong link
  
  https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/119/01HV4BAFBCNVV1VFQ4XMASPGV9?news=true

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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Sal Ammoniac on 30 Apr, 2024 20:59
• Amazing how many galaxies are visible in this image!
• #2 Reply
  Posted by BrianHG on 01 May, 2024 00:44
• The full res images linked above are false, low-res and the MIRI ones.  This is the true Webb NIRCam image link where you get the true full res:
  
  https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01HV4CG0EACM1MC07E10X19KNX.png
  So be warned, it's 20mb.
  
  Source page: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/119/01HV4BAFBCNVV1VFQ4XMASPGV9?news=true
• #3 Reply
  Posted by JustMeHere on 01 May, 2024 01:39
• Quote from: BrianHG on 01 May, 2024 00:44

  The full res images linked above are false, low-res and the MIRI ones.

  
  Yeah, whoops the last link is wrong...edited
• #4 Reply
  Posted by JustMeHere on 01 May, 2024 01:43
• Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on 30 Apr, 2024 20:59

  Amazing how many galaxies are visible in this image!
  

  
  I can only speculate at the field of vision in the NIRI cam.  Probably smaller than a pin head with an outstretched arm.  Hubble images are, supposedly, the size of half a thumb nail at arm's length. 
• #5 Reply
  Posted by JustMeHere on 01 May, 2024 01:54
• Quote from: JustMeHere on 01 May, 2024 01:43

  Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on 30 Apr, 2024 20:59

  Amazing how many galaxies are visible in this image!
  

  
  I can only speculate at the field of vision in the NIRI cam.  Probably smaller than a pin head with an outstretched arm.  Hubble images are, supposedly, the size of half a thumb nail at arm's length.
  

  
  Just looked it up....it has 2 x 2.2^2 arc minute cameras.   The moon is about 30. 
• #6 Reply
  Posted by Halcyon on 03 May, 2024 05:25
• Stunning.
  
  Shots like that make me forget about all the fuckwits in the world for just a short moment.
• #7 Reply
  Posted by Gyro on 03 May, 2024 13:58
• Quote from: Halcyon on 03 May, 2024 05:25

  Stunning.
  
  Shots like that make me forget about all the fuckwits in the world for just a short moment.
  

  
  It also brings a sense of reality to how insignificant they, and the rest of us, are in the 'grand scheme'.