JWSTfeedDec 15, 2022
Kelly Lepo

Look at all of these adorable galaxies in this image from the #JWST Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) team!

We are seeing thousands of galaxies over an enormous range in distance, some not previously detected by Hubble or the largest ground-based telescopes. Light from the most distant galaxies in the image traveled almost 13.5 billion years to reach us.

More: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/early-highlights/webb-glimpses-field-of-extragalactic-pearls-studded-with-galactic-diamonds
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Webb Glimpses Field of Extragalactic PEARLS, Studded With Galactic Diamonds

From the PEARLS GTO program, NASA’s Webb Telescope captured a first medium-deep wide-field image of the cosmos featuring the North Ecliptic Pole.

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Dec 14, 2022 at 9:48pmWeb
Show threadKelly LepoDec 14, 2022

This image covers an area about 2% that of the full moon. It was imaged with JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) in eight filters and with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in three filters that together span the 0.25 – 5-micron wavelength range. This image represents a portion of the full PEARLS field, which will be about four times larger.

More details and full-res downloads:
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01GM3WVZFBH5S7Y6E0EXH1EH0Y

North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field

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Show threadKelly LepoDec 14, 2022
Me, an astronomer who studied stars, looking at any JWST deep field image, admiring all of the little galaxies.