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First Image from JWST

• throwaway12245 4y ago
  What are the blurry sparkler firework type smears?
  • s800 4y ago
    these are the light diffracting off the mirror edges and struts.
• metadat 4y ago
  Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32062849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32062849 Or if you fancy a direct link to the high-resolution goods: https://esawebb.org/media/archives/images/original/webb-first-deep-field.tif https://esawebb.org/media/archives/images/original/webb-firs...
  • interestica 4y ago
    That post links to a low res image. highest res: https://esawebb.org/media/archives/images/original/webb-first-deep-field.tif https://esawebb.org/media/archives/images/original/webb-firs...
    • metadat 4y ago
      Thanks, I'll update to include this link!