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First colour image from JWST Today at 10pm
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A few years ago? More like a few decades!
Man of Honour
That Carina Nebula one is now my desktop BG of choice 
I had to adjust the mid-levels so that it really emphasises what an OLED monitor is capable of!
I had to adjust the mid-levels so that it really emphasises what an OLED monitor is capable of!
Commissario
The whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely small.
Except that what we're looking at is the equivalent of the invisible dot on an invisible dot
Man of Honour
I liked the way the NASA guy said it last night when teh first photo was shown. If you held your finger out at arms length and placed a grain of sand on it, that is what you are seeing in scale view of that snap from the JWST. Quite mad!The whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely small.
Except that what we're looking at is the equivalent of the invisible dot on an invisible dot
Hahaha, I literally only just noticed the TARDIS in that imageNow that's impressive.
Soldato
Explore JWST’s first image in full resolution!
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Soldato
Well, the wait ended up being worth it. I was a bit worried the scientists were overhyping what they found and that it would just look like 'another space pic' to the general public, which wouldn't go down well.
No, those images are absolutely incredible. Even moreso when you see the Hubble versions of them. They basically look like artistic renditions of Hubble stuff - aka it's so good it looks shopped.
No, those images are absolutely incredible. Even moreso when you see the Hubble versions of them. They basically look like artistic renditions of Hubble stuff - aka it's so good it looks shopped.
Soldato
I was working out what the opacity slider was for. Took me a good 30 seconds then I realised, I could zoom out.Explore JWST’s first image in full resolution!
Pan and zoom into the new image on a sky map using AAS WorldWide Telescope.web.wwtassets.org
They really should have lead the presentation with that - it is one of the few factors which is actually close to mind blowing.
Soldato
None of the colours are real I'm afraid - these kind of images are an artistic interpretation of what they think it might look like.
Soldato
They 'think' it with a very high degree of accuracy because they know what colours the elements they're detecting would look like, it's not guesswork. Of course, it would never be as vibrant and striking to the naked eye, it would be a lot more 'faded' in reality.
Still doesn't detract from how good it is.
Well of course the data back from the scope is probably radio or infra red or something.. So you have to interpret it.
Just like there's no actual colour going into your eyes when you look at a flower, your brain is just interpreting what are essentially reflections. You see red blue or green or whatever but it's just your interpretation based on your eyes.
A dog or a bumble bee sees colours very differently.
Soldato
The pics look great, but none of it is real. That was my point.
You couldn't be more wrong, on your basis nothing is real.