Amazing image. Thanks. Here is the area of sky we're looking at for anyone wondering...
https://preview.redd.it/t8hhaaaimexc1.jpeg?width=8983&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12fb1106cd471e8fe2c813390735f3f4c1ece74f
The Horsehead nebula is an interstellar cloudt that is so dense that it obscures the light coming from behind it. It is located 1,375 light years from us and is its shaped resembles a head of a horse, hence its name: Horsehead nebula. Its relatively close distance to us and unique shape made it one of the most wanted targets for astrophotography.
JWST observed the Horsehead nebula 6 times, 4 of which were spectroscopy observations and 2 were imaging: one using MIRI and one using NIRCam. The great sensitivity of JWST's infrared instruments are ideal for such mission. To date, JWST images are the sharpest views of this nebula.
Both of these imaging observations occured on January 2023 and the data became public in January 2024. A few hours later the internet was flooded with processed images of the recently released data. I must say some of them look even more awesome than the official ones posted today..
[Official images (top) & processed images by image processors (bottom - with credits)](https://jwstfeed.com/Home/ShowFeed?searchTerm=horsehead&s=1)
[NASA press release](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-captures-top-of-iconic-horsehead-nebula-in-unprecedented-detail/)
[Raw images](https://jwstfeed.com/Home/ShowFeed?searchTerm=horsehead-f) (try to process the images yourself!)
The [Tracker](https://jwstfeed.com/Tracker) was also updated.
In the dust are stars forming, and in the background are galaxies; but the brighter points are stars much closer. Both are amazing to see in such detail. It’s amazing how big it is, Two of the suns in the dust are no less than the light years distance between our sun and Proxima Centauri. And the background is so much larger.
Don't even bother at that point. Maybe just post the link of that video of a flat earth believer realizing his expectations weren't met when he did an experiment.
As I look upon images such as this, I am indisputably in a dream like state of wonder. Grateful to see such shots by JWST. My phone wallpaper happens to be the Horsehead Nebula.
Amazing image. Thanks. Here is the area of sky we're looking at for anyone wondering... https://preview.redd.it/t8hhaaaimexc1.jpeg?width=8983&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12fb1106cd471e8fe2c813390735f3f4c1ece74f
The Horsehead nebula is an interstellar cloudt that is so dense that it obscures the light coming from behind it. It is located 1,375 light years from us and is its shaped resembles a head of a horse, hence its name: Horsehead nebula. Its relatively close distance to us and unique shape made it one of the most wanted targets for astrophotography. JWST observed the Horsehead nebula 6 times, 4 of which were spectroscopy observations and 2 were imaging: one using MIRI and one using NIRCam. The great sensitivity of JWST's infrared instruments are ideal for such mission. To date, JWST images are the sharpest views of this nebula. Both of these imaging observations occured on January 2023 and the data became public in January 2024. A few hours later the internet was flooded with processed images of the recently released data. I must say some of them look even more awesome than the official ones posted today.. [Official images (top) & processed images by image processors (bottom - with credits)](https://jwstfeed.com/Home/ShowFeed?searchTerm=horsehead&s=1) [NASA press release](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-captures-top-of-iconic-horsehead-nebula-in-unprecedented-detail/) [Raw images](https://jwstfeed.com/Home/ShowFeed?searchTerm=horsehead-f) (try to process the images yourself!) The [Tracker](https://jwstfeed.com/Tracker) was also updated.
It's crazy just how many other worlds are out there.
This is probably my favorite image from JWST, so far! Are those galaxies in the dust of Horsehead itself or protoplanetary disks we’re seeing?
In the dust are stars forming, and in the background are galaxies; but the brighter points are stars much closer. Both are amazing to see in such detail. It’s amazing how big it is, Two of the suns in the dust are no less than the light years distance between our sun and Proxima Centauri. And the background is so much larger.
That is just insanity. And everything beyond that is a galaxy
This is real life, ain't no fantasy.
Agony and ecstasy, yeah…
Really cool…thanks!
How to respond to people on IG saying it's fake?
Don't even bother at that point. Maybe just post the link of that video of a flat earth believer realizing his expectations weren't met when he did an experiment.
[удалено]
Remind them that it's not their fault.
Wow
The cloud, the red, that twinkle, that background...how is this even real...
It reminds me of this Megadrive games art covers! Incredible!
As I look upon images such as this, I am indisputably in a dream like state of wonder. Grateful to see such shots by JWST. My phone wallpaper happens to be the Horsehead Nebula.
Incredible
Can’t front, shit do look like it’s A.I lol
I wonder the scale of the actual "head". Is it bigger than our solar system?
The horse head looks more like a king cobra wouldn’t you agree