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Drew Griffith

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

for the neptune lovers 💙

In this Webb image, Neptune resembles a pearl with rings that look like ethereal concentric ovals around it. There are 2 thinner, crisper rings and 2 broader, fainter rings. A few extremely bright patches on the lower half of Neptune represent methane ice clouds. Six tiny white dots, which are six of Neptune’s 14 moons, are scattered among the rings. The background of the image is black.

Neptune appears as a light blue crescent against the darkness of space.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

Neptune appears as a large blue crescent, illuminated on its left side. Triton appears as a much smaller brown crescent, also illuminated on its left side. Triton is on the bottom of Neptune.

Voyager image of Neptune. The planet appears dark blue and dark atmospheric features can be seen across the planet.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The stars in NGC 602 have fewer heavier elements compared to the Sun and most of the rest of the galaxy. Instead, the conditions within NGC 602 mimic those for stars found billions of years ago when the universe was much younger. chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/n... 🔭 🧪

This stunning composite image from the James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveals the intricate details of NGC 602, a young star cluster nestled within the Small Magellanic Cloud. Webb's infrared observations pierce through dust to reveal nascent stars and intricate dust structures, while Chandra's X-ray data highlights the hot gas sculpted by powerful stellar winds and supernova explosions from the cluster's massive stars. The resulting image showcases a vibrant tapestry of colors, with swirling patterns of red, green, and blue illuminating the interplay between star formation and the surrounding interstellar medium, offering valuable insights into the evolution of star clusters and their impact on galactic environments.

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Drew Griffith @the-komatiite.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

First Bluesky post! Hopefully this place will be much better than Twitter.

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