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Daniel Pomarède (pomarede@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 23:35:15 JST Daniel Pomarède

Wow amazing details of the Orion Nebula captured by JWST
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA / Science leads and image processing: M. McCaughrean, S. Pearson
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_s_wide-angle_view_of_the_Orion_Nebula_is_released_in_ESASky
#jwst #nasa #esa #orion #nebula #orionnebula #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #universe
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1. The image shows a series of red fingers of shocked molecular gas expanding from the bottom of the image towards the top and top right. Each of the fingers comprises a series of bright arcs of emission like bow waves, expanding behind tips, the latter often appearing green. There are many stars spread across the image with the characteristic eight spikes due to diffraction in the optics of Webb, and there is a foreground haze of wisp blue clouds due to the Orion Nebula, which lies in front of the fingers.
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/165/704/613/654/358/original/35fbb08bd6533e31.jpg
2. Webb’s wide-angle view of the Orion Nebula is released in ESASky
  
  New images of the Orion Nebula from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have been included in ESA’s ESASky application, which has a user-friendly interface to visualise and download astronomical data.

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