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"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" I had absolutely no idea that thes
by Naracion 4y ago
"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"
I had absolutely no idea that these images we see of the universe / galaxy were such a small sliver of the vast possibility. That is incredible. Does anybody know:
1. What is the field of vision on this image, and
2. what is the widest field of vision image that we have captured of the universe?
- ozgung 4y agoI found the image surprisingly empty considering this is a 2D projection of an enormous 3D volume. The size of a grain of sand from arms length but size of hundreds of galaxies at the far end.