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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 17:30:52 UTC Robert McNees

   Over 45,000 galaxies are visible in this recent image from JWST’s Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, captured with the Near-Infrared Camera.

   If it has diffraction spikes it’s a star. Otherwise, it’s a galaxy!

   Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, B. Robertson (UCSC), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), M. Rieke (U. Arizona), D. Eisenstein (CfA)

   Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)

   • glasspshr (glasspusher@wonkodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 20:00:11 UTC glasspshr

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     @mcnees more info:

     https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/james-webb-space-telescope-uncovers-hundreds-of-galaxies-in-early-universe/

     Anyone with a linky to the full rez image? I want this to be my next desktop image!

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 20:00:11 UTC Robert McNees

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     • glasspshr

     @glasspusher https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/127/01H1Q1CGJD51CDJTK2NHJWD06M