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First image from the James Webb Space Telescope

Posted by teaearlgraycold
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https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1546621144358391808
@NASA:
It's here-the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I pic.twitter.com/zAr7YoFZ8C

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NASA on Twitter: "It's here-the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I pic.twitter.com/zAr7YoFZ8C / Twitter"
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  1. [4]
    skybrian
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    There's a side-by-side comparison with Hubble here.

    There's a side-by-side comparison with Hubble here.

    12 votes
    1. [3]
      Nepenthaceae
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      Nice, check this one out, found it on the reddit: https://imgsli.com/MTE2Mjc3

      Nice, check this one out, found it on the reddit: https://imgsli.com/MTE2Mjc3

      6 votes
      1. HotPants
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        I think this particular image is from Hubble's deep field. They pointed the Hubble at an black, empty space of sky for 10 days. If you zoom in to maximum, the hubble is just noise, where as the...

        I think this particular image is from Hubble's deep field. They pointed the Hubble at an black, empty space of sky for 10 days.

        If you zoom in to maximum, the hubble is just noise, where as the JWST shows little pin pricks of light.

        It took Hubble 10 days to get that noisy image.

        Webb took a dramatically better image in 12 hours.

        That is just mind blowing.

        6 votes
  2. [2]
    teaearlgraycold
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    More images have been released: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/deploymentExplorer.html#43

    More images have been released: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/deploymentExplorer.html#43

    5 votes
    1. cfabbro
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      That link didn’t work for me on mobile, but the new images have also been added here too: https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages (which does work for me)

      That link didn’t work for me on mobile, but the new images have also been added here too:
      https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
      (which does work for me)

      4 votes
  3. AugustusFerdinand
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    This first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time. This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.

    4 votes