Erin M. May, PhDApr 30, 2022

Did you see the news that all of the #JWST instruments are aligned now?

Check out this comparison of one of the newly released calibration images from the MIRI instrument compared to images taken of the same region of space by the WISE and Spitzer space telescopes! Look at that resolution! So many newly resolved stars and structures! 🤩

I can't wait for all the new discoveries we'll make with JWST! #Science data starts in only a couple months!

(Image from @/AndrasGasper on birdapp)

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@_astronoMay Amazing evolution, thank you for sharing! What region of space are we looking at?
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@thilo

this is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits our Milky Way!

Apr 30, 2022 at 2:53pmWeb
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@_astronoMay Wait, this is another 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒚 😮 🤯!? That's amazing - I'm clearly not up to date re: stellar photography, did not know photos of objects as distant as this were even possible. Super impressive, thank you so much for elaborating.