First James Webb Telescope Image released

[Scholar]

 

James Webb Telescope using a galaxy cluster as a magnifying lense to look at some of the very first galaxies.

[UnbornTao]

Beautiful ?

Edited July 11, 2022 by UnbornTao

[Mulky]

I Love it

[Carl-Richard]

It's hard to appreciate how big the universe is and how vast a grain of sand is. Infinity flows both ways.

[TheAlchemist]

? https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/038/01G7JGTH21B5GN9VCYAHBXKSD1

Edited July 12, 2022 by TheAlchemist

[Carl-Richard]

@TheAlchemist Now combine that with my post ?

[Leo Gura]

Meh, I was kinda disappointed by it.

[TheAlchemist]

19 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

@TheAlchemist Now combine that with my post ?

perfect

[Michael569]

Amazing, thanks for sharing. Completely forgot to follow up on the progress of JW 

#top right corner - looks like a black hole devouring an entire galaxy 

[Scholar]

37 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Meh, I was kinda disappointed by it.

Lack of imagination.

[integral]

I wanted to see something unexplainable.

[Leo Gura]

38 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotARobot said:

Is there a black hole in that image or why do some of the lights around the middle look so distorted/warped? 

That's just the gravitational pull of your ego

[Scholar]

 

 

For context on the first image posted, here you have the nights sky, zoom out to see how far it is zoomed in.

https://web.wwtassets.org/specials/2022/jwst-smacs/

 

[Loving Radiance]

5 hours ago, DefinitelyNotARobot said:

Is there a black hole in that image or why do some of the lights around the middle look so distorted/warped? 

Not only black holes but also matter and dark matter warp/distort light around them. As @Scholar already said, "James Webb Telescope using a galaxy cluster as a magnifying lens to look at some of the very first galaxies."  The galaxy cluster is full of matter and dark matter which warps light around it (light which originated from behind the galaxy cluster). This too makes it possible that an early galaxy appears multiple times at different spots around it because the gravity is not distributed equally throughout the cluster.

[Kamo]

7 hours ago, DefinitelyNotARobot said:

Is there a black hole in that image or why do some of the lights around the middle look so distorted/warped? 

The post I read said because of the gravitational pull of the other galaxies bend the curvature of space time.

[Blackhawk]

I think this one is nice:

You can also download a 136.99 MB version of it here: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/031/01G77PKB8NKR7S8Z6HBXMYATGJ?news=true

[Dryas]

I mean I’m sure it’s amazing but I also feel like I’ve seen many photos like these before lol. Like should we really be spending millions on something like this? Idk

Hope to see some cooler stuff though

[Leo Gura]

That's a beautiful one.

[Blackhawk]

3 hours ago, Dryas said:

I mean I’m sure it’s amazing but I also feel like I’ve seen many photos like these before lol. Like should we really be spending millions on something like this? Idk

Hope to see some cooler stuff though

No, the purpose of the telescope isn't to take cool pictures for the public. The purpose is to do scientific work with it, stuff which the public wouldn't understand and would think is boring.

[Egodeathrow]

@Blackhawk I love to ignorantly skygaze, And look through my amateur telescope