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NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet ^ | Jul 11 2022 | Rob Garner- NASA

Posted on 07/11/2022 8:51:20 PM PDT by PerConPat

Webb’s image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground – and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast universe...

(Excerpt) Read more at nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; billionsandbillions; jwst; nasa; science; smacs0723; universe; webbhubble
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To: PerConPat
Hubble vs Webb


21 posted on 07/11/2022 9:20:40 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: coloradan
The whitish “stars” in the foreground that lack the distinctive star-shaped diffraction patterns are actually galaxies 4 billion LY away, and they are the benders.

The real image is invisible to the human eye, so has been mathematically processed. You'd think it would be trivial to also process out the very annoying support strut patterns.

22 posted on 07/11/2022 9:22:59 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

You won The Internet!


23 posted on 07/11/2022 9:24:07 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Blessed are the peace makers.)
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To: Jonty30
Good question...The article states the pic shows a galaxy cluster as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago. Light travels ≅ 186,282 mi/sec.; so, 31,557,600 sec/yr X 4.600,000,000 yrs X 186,282 mi/sec ≅ 2.7 with 25 zeros behind it miles. Or 27 septillion miles away is my guess-— Corrections welcome; I'm tired.
24 posted on 07/11/2022 9:26:40 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

LOL...Yes!! It is written in the stars...


25 posted on 07/11/2022 9:30:36 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: PerConPat
I think this is a jaw-dropping picture, especially when you consider, as the article states, that the field of view is equivalent to a grain of sand held up to the night sky at arm’s length. There’s a ton to absorb in that photo.

The one downside of the Webb telescope is the starbursts caused around bright stars by diffraction from the multiple hexagonal mirrors. While I’m sure they don’t significantly affect scientific value, they obscure some of the details when just viewing the photos. Hubble had them too, as do all telescopes, but in the case of Hubble there were only four spikes.

26 posted on 07/11/2022 9:30:38 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: noiseman

Interesting...I wonder what software etc. will do with this...


27 posted on 07/11/2022 9:35:19 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: plain talk

Thanks...That speaks volumes when I think of what astronomers can do with gathered light.


28 posted on 07/11/2022 9:39:12 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

GAAAAACK!!!!


29 posted on 07/11/2022 9:42:25 PM PDT by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Egad!...This thread has now run from the ethereally delightful to the disgustingly corporal...LOL


30 posted on 07/11/2022 9:54:42 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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https://freerepublic.com/tag/jwst/index


31 posted on 07/11/2022 10:04:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks...I searched “Webb”, not “JWST”, before posting.


32 posted on 07/11/2022 10:11:31 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: PerConPat

Makes you feel pretty insignificant when you realize all those little smudges are galaxies.

Maybe my problems aren’t that big after all.


33 posted on 07/11/2022 11:08:46 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: plain talk

Notice how some red galaxies are not even visible in the Hubble picture? Those must be the highly red shifted ones only visible in far infrared.


34 posted on 07/11/2022 11:11:41 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ he definitely comes in as a strong second..)
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To: aquila48

They look like posters I had in my room


35 posted on 07/11/2022 11:12:01 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: noiseman

They could rotate the Telescope slightly and take another picture. Anything that is not in both pictures is a spike and could be subtracted.


36 posted on 07/11/2022 11:15:49 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ he definitely comes in as a strong second..)
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To: aquila48

Nicely stated...


37 posted on 07/11/2022 11:32:40 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: Dennis M.

It’s galaxies all the way down!!


38 posted on 07/12/2022 12:35:14 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: conejo99
NASA choose an unimpressive first image.

Agreed. Very underwhelming. Nothing like the first images after Hubble got glasses.

39 posted on 07/12/2022 2:10:03 AM PDT by fso301
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To: aquila48

It sure does make the Creator look impressive though.


40 posted on 07/12/2022 2:30:24 AM PDT by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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