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NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully
- politelemon 5y agoThe image is so fascinating, the way there are 'casually' so many galaxies visible. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/telescope_alignment_evaluation_image_labeled.png https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/te... Zoom in and you can see some of the swirls of the galaxies. And I think there are two galaxies merging as well.
- _yoqn 5y agoI wonder how big the star in the image actually is without the glare and if Webb would be able to capture direct images of exoplanets. That would be truly astonishing.