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Cosmic Clericreply
lemmy.world

Image A: HR 8799 (NIRCam Image) ...

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the clearest look in the infrared yet at the iconic multi-planet system HR 8799. The closest planet to the star, HR 8799 e, orbits 1.5 billion miles from its star, which in our solar system would be located between the orbit of Saturn and Neptune. The furthest, HR 8799 b, orbits around 6.3 billion miles from the star, more than twice Neptune’s orbital distance. Colors are applied to filters from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), revealing their intrinsic differences. A star symbol marks the location of the host star HR 8799, whose light has been blocked by the coronagraph. In this image, the color blue is assigned to 4.1 micron light, green to 4.3 micron light, and red to the 4.6 micron light. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, W. Balmer (JHU), L. Pueyo (STScI), M. Perrin (STScI)

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plootreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

People are complaining about the blurriness, but I'm old and this picture is astonishing.

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Wahotsreply
pawb.social

Jesus, even just like, 10 years ago, this would have been like, two blue pixels. If anything at all, lol.

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peregrin5reply
lemm.ee

Those of us complaining about the blurriness are doing so tongue-in-cheek. Of course the fact that they are able to take visible light photos of exoplanets is a huge feat.

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peregrin5reply
lemm.ee

I think it's pretty obvious when I said they should turn on auto-stabilization. Lmao.

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AmbiguousPropsreply
lemmy.today

I too, thought it was obvious. I don't think we need to put /s after every sarcastic remark.

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Chee_Koalareply
lemmy.world

That's crazy,so much color made it all the way over here, crazy..

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peregrin5reply
lemm.ee

Nice! Very blurry though. Should have turned on auto-stabilization.

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Yer Mareply
lemm.ee

They just need to yell "enhance!" A few times

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Wahots
pawb.social

That is a surprisingly sharp image of planets for an image 7.642e+14 miles away, holy fuck.

Reminds me of the FSS in Elite Dangerous. Don't forget to honk the system!

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untorquerreply
lemmy.world

Almost likes like there's even hints of variation on the planets' "surface"s

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caboose2006
lemm.ee

Next time an Elon apologist says NASA hasn't done anything in theast 20 years needs to be pointed to this.

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plootreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Last I heard, Republicans were trying to cut the JWST's funding. Can't have society invest in anything that doesn't make money for a billionaire.

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