A Spiral Galaxy Amongst Thousands: LEDA 2046648 | James Webb Space Telescope
This video highlights the field of stars and galaxies surrounding the spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648. Webb’s NIRCam instrument has picked out a profusion of smaller, more distant galaxies and bright stars around this galaxy, demonstrating the telescope’s impressive resolution in infrared wavelengths. Calibration images such as this one were critical to verify the telescope’s capabilities as it was prepared for science operations, and this one does not disappoint.
Image Description: Many stars and galaxies lie on a dark background, in a variety of colors but mostly shades of orange. Some galaxies are large enough to make out spiral arms. Along the bottom of the frame is a large, detailed spiral galaxy seen at an oblique angle, with another galaxy about one-quarter the size just beneath it. Both have a brightly glowing core, and areas of star formation which light up their spiral arms.
Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Webb, NASA & Canadian Space Agency (CSA), A. Martel, N. Bartmann
Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: Jan. 31, 2023
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