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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Great JWST (NIRCam + MIRI) data processing of Cartwheel galaxy by Chris Ashford. www.astrobin.com/ozi22p/ 🔭 🧪

This stunning image is a composite of data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). It reveals the Cartwheel Galaxy, a spectacular sight located about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The galaxy is nicknamed the Cartwheel due to its distinctive ring-like structure, the result of a high-speed collision with a smaller galaxy some hundreds of millions of years ago. The collision sent shockwaves through the Cartwheel, compressing the gas and dust within it and triggering the formation of new stars. The bright inner ring is dominated by young, hot stars, while the outer ring is laced with cooler, older stars and pockets of dust. This image, which combines the wavelengths of light observed by NIRCam and MIRI, allows astronomers to see both the hot young stars and the cooler dust in the galaxy, providing new insights into the Cartwheel's history and ongoing evolution.

jimbobmcg.bsky.social @jimbobmcg.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Pretty sure that's a jellyfish

Excalibur Discount Legal Services @kevychristian.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

There's something really profound about the fact that we find a place as inhospitable to human life as space instinctively beautiful.