NASA James Webb Space Telescope Capture Small Merging Galaxies into Giant Spiral Galaxy LEDA 2046648

This image displays a wider view of the field of stars and galaxies surrounding the spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648. Webb’s NIRCam instrument has picked out a profusion of smaller, more distant galaxies and bright stars around this galaxy, demonstrating the telescope’s impressive resolution in infrared wavelengths. Calibration images such as this one were critical to verify the telescope’s capabilities as it was prepared for science operations, and this one doesn’t disappoint.


Credit:
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel

Дата на публикация: 15 февруари, 2023
Категория: Наука и технология
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