NASA Releases Deepest and Sharpest Image Into Space Than Ever Before
Science/Medical/Technology
Tuesday 12th, July 2022
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of a distant universe in human history. Known as Webb's First Deep Field, the image is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.
In the image there are thousands of galaxies, including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared.
It has been stated on the NASA website about this image that, "This slice of the vast universe is approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.".
The first image was revealed in a White house briefing by US President Joe Biden, he said, "This telescope is one of humanity's great engineering achievements,".
The image was taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is a composite made from images at different wavelengths, totaling 12.5 hours, achieving depths at infrared wavelengths beyond the Hubble Space Telescope’s deepest fields which took weeks.
A high resolution copy of the first image can been seen at the reference link below.
In the image there are thousands of galaxies, including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared.
It has been stated on the NASA website about this image that, "This slice of the vast universe is approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.".
The first image was revealed in a White house briefing by US President Joe Biden, he said, "This telescope is one of humanity's great engineering achievements,".
The image was taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is a composite made from images at different wavelengths, totaling 12.5 hours, achieving depths at infrared wavelengths beyond the Hubble Space Telescope’s deepest fields which took weeks.
A high resolution copy of the first image can been seen at the reference link below.
