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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Stephan's Quintet from Webb, Hubble, and Subaru
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 18 Jul, 2022 | Stephan's Quintet from Webb, Hubble, and Subaru Image Credit: Webb, Hubble, Subaru; NASA, ESA, CSA,

Posted on 07/18/2022 2:39:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: OK, but why can't you combine images from Webb and Hubble? You can, and today's featured image shows one impressive result. Although the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has a larger mirror than Hubble, it specializes in infrared light and can't see blue -- only up to about orange. Conversely, the Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble) has a smaller mirror than Webb and can't see as far into the infrared as Webb, but can image not only blue light but even ultraviolet. Therefore, Webb and Hubble data can be combined to create images across a wider variety of colors. The featured image of four galaxies from Stephan's Quintet shows Webb images as red and also includes images taken by Japan's ground-based Subaru telescope in Hawaii. Because image data for Webb, Hubble, and Subaru are made freely available, anyone around the world can process it themselves, and even create intriguing and scientifically useful multi-observatory montages.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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1 posted on 07/18/2022 2:39:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 07/18/2022 2:40:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 07/18/2022 2:40:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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4 posted on 07/18/2022 2:52:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Webb Hubbell is in a Subaru? With Chelsea, maybe? :-)


5 posted on 07/18/2022 3:21:51 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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Trivia, from Wiki:

The angelic figures at the beginning of the 1946 holiday film It's a Wonderful Life are based on images of Stephan's Quintet."
6 posted on 07/18/2022 3:29:21 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Webb Hubbell is in a Subaru? With Chelsea, maybe? :-)

Making Love In A Subaru

7 posted on 07/18/2022 3:29:52 PM PDT by null and void (No world is so large that it can't fit within the pages of a book)
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Ha! Didn’t know anyone else even knew that song existed. Many thanks for the much-needed chuckle. :-)


8 posted on 07/18/2022 3:44:36 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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I owned a Subaru.

Floated decals off the inside of the rear window once...


9 posted on 07/18/2022 3:54:44 PM PDT by null and void (No world is so large that it can't fit within the pages of a book)
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No wait, that was in the Renault with “fully reclining bucket seats that turn into a cozy French bedroom after dark” to quote the ad.


10 posted on 07/18/2022 3:56:20 PM PDT by null and void (No world is so large that it can't fit within the pages of a book)
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