JWST Takes a new photo of the horse head nebula

[JustMeHere]

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

[Sal Ammoniac]

Amazing how many galaxies are visible in this image!

[BrianHG]

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

[JustMeHere]

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

Yeah, whoops the last link is wrong...edited

[JustMeHere]

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. 

[JustMeHere]

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. 

[Halcyon]

Stunning.

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

[Gyro]

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'.