JWST is a fancy telescope designed for science. So while it can produce very beautiful images, it's not quite a point-and-shoot camera.

Here is an image of the Pillars of Creation that I downloaded from the MAST archive. Notice how all of the stars have black centers? That's not what the stars actually look like — it's an artifact introduced by the NIRCam detector.

A 🧵 on #JWST image artifacts.
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Learn more: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/how-are-webbs-full-color-images-made

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Clear Skies website update, page Astronomy - Discoveries: nr. 168.

A galaxy directly north-northwest of the mag. 9.5 M5 star SAO62523 in the constellation of Ursa Major. On SDSS imagery, the galaxy is hidden in the glare of the star.

https://clearskies.eu/astronomy/discoveries151-175/#168

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🔭📷 #Astrophotography summer object: Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) in Cygnus.

This is a large supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus, that remind me a cigarette smoke .

Total integration time of 11 hours during 2 consecutive nights.

#CielosESA
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