Why James Webb Telescope First Images Are Not So Special
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I am going against the current. The first images made by the James Webb Telescope are not "extraordinary," unbelievable," fantastic, or wonderful as almost all the media were quick to titular. And least of all, exciting, moving, momentous and beautiful as the people on social media were quick to point out.
They are, neither more nor less than what was expected from a machine costing eleven billion dollars and designed with every care over more than two decades of continuous technological evolution.
Or is it?
Carina Nebula
Ngc 3324 is a small portion of the Carina Nebula, one of the most extensive star-forming regions in the sky, about eight thousand light-years away in the southern constellation of the same name.
The Southern Ring Nebula
The third bad figure (said in friendship), Nasa made it by inventing a comparison of two images of the planetary nebula NGC 3132, known as the Southern Ring Nebula, as opposed to the more famous Ring Nebula located in the boreal sky.
Stephan's quintet.
Webb's fourth take left me with mixed feelings.
Stephan's Webb version of the Quintet is a mosaic constructed from a thousand individual images. The framed field covers about one-fifth the angular diameter of the Moon! It is Webb's largest image to date.
WASP-96 b, the planet of another star.
Webb offered his most convincing evidence where there was almost no chance of comparison with Hubble, and that was in analyzing the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.
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00:00 Intro
00:45 My opinion
5:44 Carina Nebula
7:28 The Southern Ring Nebula
9:38 Stephan's quintet
11:30 WASP-96 b
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