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Looks like the image in the article is a crop of this[1] view, which can be accessed in high res. You can find all the JWT images in full res on here[2]. [1]:

by nowahe 4y ago

Looks like the image in the article is a crop of this[1] view, which can be accessed in high res. You can find all the JWT images in full res on here[2]. [1]: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01GCVNZ68YTC7FPTBSNA3QDGYW.png https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01GCVNZ68YTC7FPTBSNA3QDGYW.png [2]: https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images

stoicjumbotron 4y ago
Thanks a lot for the links!
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mbauman 4y ago
Holy cow the whole field is so amazing. Galaxies everywhere!
- sizzzzlerz 4y ago
  Those are the first things I look for in space images. If you haven't seen it, go find the Webb deep field image that they released a month or two ago. It will blow your mind!
- krallja 4y ago
  The historical context blows my mind, too. The debate of "do other galaxies even exist?" wasn't definitively settled until 1923, 99 years ago, with Edwin Hubble's observations of Cepheids in Andromeda. Now, you can just, like, look at them. (With a good telescope.) Every single place you look.
dwringer 4y ago
Thanks for the links! I checked out the source image and it still appears to be 80 pixels high in the "full resolution for display" image, same as the article's crop. There is a "close up" view which shows Neptune as 300px high, but I can't resolve any detail that isn't in the 80 pixel version. I think this is as detailed as it gets based on the apparent size of Neptune and JWST's angular resolution.
- sbierwagen 4y ago
  NIRCAM has a resolution of 0.031 arcsec per pixel, and Uranus is between 4.1 and 3.3 arcseconds wide as viewed from Earth, so it would only ever be between 132 and 106 pixels wide. https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uranusfact.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uranusfact.h... If you want a higher resolution image, we'll either need a bigger telescope or a Uranus orbiter.

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stoicjumbotron 4y ago

Thanks a lot for the links!

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mbauman 4y ago

Holy cow the whole field is so amazing. Galaxies everywhere!

sizzzzlerz 4y ago
Those are the first things I look for in space images. If you haven't seen it, go find the Webb deep field image that they released a month or two ago. It will blow your mind!
krallja 4y ago
The historical context blows my mind, too. The debate of "do other galaxies even exist?" wasn't definitively settled until 1923, 99 years ago, with Edwin Hubble's observations of Cepheids in Andromeda. Now, you can just, like, look at them. (With a good telescope.) Every single place you look.

dwringer 4y ago

Thanks for the links! I checked out the source image and it still appears to be 80 pixels high in the "full resolution for display" image, same as the article's crop. There is a "close up" view which shows Neptune as 300px high, but I can't resolve any detail that isn't in the 80 pixel version. I think this is as detailed as it gets based on the apparent size of Neptune and JWST's angular resolution.

sbierwagen 4y ago
NIRCAM has a resolution of 0.031 arcsec per pixel, and Uranus is between 4.1 and 3.3 arcseconds wide as viewed from Earth, so it would only ever be between 132 and 106 pixels wide. https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uranusfact.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uranusfact.h... If you want a higher resolution image, we'll either need a bigger telescope or a Uranus orbiter.