Just in time for spooky season -- here's a newly released JWST MIRI image of the Pillars of Creation!
This false-color image shows gas and dust in a star forming region at mid-infrared wavelengths of 7.7, 10, and 15 microns!
Check it out here: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-053
@jwuphysics https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/053/01GFRYSFM89AFADVAA0W625BSB
Lovely! But 4 MB TIFF. This is much smaller than usual. 😢
If I remember right (someone correct me if I'm not?), that's typical of MIRI images since it's a lower-resolution instrument. The really high-resolution stuff that grabs all the headlines has been NIRCam imagery, like the ginormous shot of the Pillars that came out a couple of weeks ago.
John F. Wu
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