It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of 's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
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Can I get this in a PNG so that the quality isn't ruined by JPEG compression?
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You'll find PNG and TIF versions of the Webb First Deep Field image here:
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We vote to name this one towards the upper right "Harold" if the Big Science Guys will allow it
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Does anyone else reminisce about the beginning of “It’s a Wonderful Life” when looking at this?
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Good eye! We have an image of the galaxies that are in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s a visual grouping called Stephan’s Quintet. Check it out in our Webb First Images gallery:
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Gravity from a galaxy cluster is amplifying and bending the light of smaller galaxies. You can see the effect of so-called gravitational lensing here! It's one of the ways can see very distant objects!
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