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> So, it took the first picture of a (particular) exoplanet c.f. > Astronomers discovered the planet in 2017 using the SPHERE instrument on the European South
by mlyle 4y ago
> So, it took the first picture of a (particular) exoplanet
c.f.
> Astronomers discovered the planet in 2017 using the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and took images of it using short infrared wavelengths of light. Webb’s view, at longer infrared wavelengths, reveals new details that ground-based telescopes would not be able to detect because of the intrinsic infrared glow of Earth’s atmosphere.
The JWST news is that JWST took the first photo it has ever taken of an exoplanet.
- hgsgm 4y agoDifferent planet. JWST took the first picture of LHS 475 B, confirming it exists. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_confirms_its_first_exoplanet https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/W...
- mlyle 4y agoThe source that Google cited states "The exoplanet in Webb’s image, called HIP 65426 b" which had been previously imaged. Sure, JWST has also taken the first picture of a different exoplanet-- 2 months later. But JWST did not: * Take the first picture of an exoplanet * Take the first picture of the exoplanet in the cited source (instead, it took its first picture of any exoplanet).