Some #JWST spiral processing I got a chance to do over the weekend …
This is Messier 100, a fantastic spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, some 55 million light years away.
It’s had 7 supernovae since 1901! ⭐️💥
Combined two colour filters in post-processing (DS9) to bring out the bright and not-so-bright filament structures of the spiral.
📸 MIRI
🎛️ F2100W
🔭 JWST / STScI / @janiceleeastro et al.
The other #JWST spiral I checked out was Messier 66, a member of the Leo Triplet. This one is about 31 million light years away.
Processed both NIRCAM (cool) and MIRI (bone) - these different filters on the telescope allow us to see different layers of the galaxy, like gas, dust, and stars.
📸 NIRCAM/MIRI
🎛️ F360M/F1130W
🔭 JWST / STScI / @janiceleeastro et al.
Went back through my #Astrophotograhy data, and found some imaging of both M100 and M66 that I captured with my home telescope in March 2021.
These are taken from my rooftop, in the middle of a light polluted city, with an 8” SCT. As I was using an Alt-Az stand, the total integration time was for about an hour at most.
And I have a whole lot more atmosphere between me and these #galaxies relative to the #JWST!
CosmicRami