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I mean I don't know if I'm more impressed by their level of detail from a $10 billion telescope or your level of detail from a consumer-grade telescope!
by peeters 2y ago
I mean I don't know if I'm more impressed by their level of detail from a $10 billion telescope or your level of detail from a consumer-grade telescope!
- cconstantine 2y agoThanks, but it if you look closely you'll see that the Webb image has almost an image worth of detail within each pixel of my image.
- xcv123 2y agoThe James Webb image shows a level of detail we have never seen before. Hundreds of galaxies in the background that are invisible on the consumer grade telescope. Here's the full resolution image: https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2024/04/horsehead_nebula_nircam_image/26010612-1-eng-GB/Horsehead_Nebula_NIRCam_image_pillars.jpg https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/im...
- stoobs 2y agoI'm quietly chomping at the bit for a Webb full deepfield survey rather than the hint of it we saw in 2022...
- peeters 2y agoIf this post is to be believed, a full deepfield survey would take four thousand to fourty thousand years. https://www.reddit.com/r/jameswebb/comments/wrwsfc/how_long_would_it_take_the_jwst_to_map_the_entire/ https://www.reddit.com/r/jameswebb/comments/wrwsfc/how_long_...
- peeters 2y agoOh, don't get me wrong, I am absolutely astounded by the JWST's level of detail and am in awe of the pictures it takes. And they are obviously far more detailed than the OP's. I also think it was a worthy expense. I was just noting that my awe of both is comparable when you normalize for cost!
- notdang 2y agoOnce in a while, I have the impulse to buy the equipment to make these kinds of photos, then I check the price (at least 4k USD), realize I am not from US and cool down tell next time. It's consumer level, but not cheap at all.