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At the bottom of the image a small portion of the Horsehead Nebula is seen close-in, as a curved wall of thick, smoky gas and dust. Above the nebula various distant stars and galaxies can be seen up to the top of the image. One star is very bright and large, with six long diffraction spikes that cross the image. The background fades from a dark red colour above the nebula to black.

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At the bottom of the image a small portion of the Horsehead Nebula is seen close-in, as a curved wall of thick, smoky gas and dust. Above the nebula various distant stars and galaxies can be seen up to the top of the image. One star is very bright and large, with six long diffraction spikes that cross the image. The background fades from a dark red colour above the nebula to black.
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CosmicRami (cosmicrami@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 23:37:12 JST CosmicRami

Wooooaaahhhh!
The new JWST image of a small bit of the Horsehead Nebula is INCREDIBLE.
To give you a sense of scale here, here’s an image of the nebula from my backyard. That small white box … that’s the JWST field of view! 🤯🤯🤯
Look at ALL those galaxies, all in that tiny white box.
JWST image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel. [updated]
Dodgy image with white boxes is my own.
#JWST #SpaceTelescope #HorseheadNebula #Astronomy #Galaxies #Astrodon

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