2024-05-03 05:58:00
James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s most powerful space telescope in the world The sharpest infrared image yet of the Horsehead Nebula has been revealed. In the constellation Orion Scientists believe that this region is the birthplace of many new stars.
Although this image of the Horsehead Nebula is not the first, but it is the most recent image in high definition. Focus on capturing the mane area of the horse’s shape. Spanning 0.8 light years and approximately 1,300 light years from Earth, this image is the most complex and detailed image ever seen.
The world’s first image of the Horsehead Nebula was taken byScottish astronomer Williamina Fleming in 1888, but with the telescope technology of the time, the images were not very clear.
Behind the astonishing capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope is the MIRI instrument, a mid-infrared imager. of the James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam near-infrared camera. It can capture high-resolution images of small structures such as blue and red clouds, as well as bright regions of the Horsehead Nebula. Current telescopes on Earth cannot capture images as high resolution as the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
Scientists in charge of the projectThe James Webb Space Telescope providesAdditional details of said image: “The red clouds stretching above the nebula are both hydrogen atoms and molecules. mixed with ultraviolet light from nearby young and massive stars, includingIonized gasand dust. Additionally, other galaxies in the background are clearly visible.
Previous images of the Horsehead Nebula have been recorded several times. For example, in November 2023, the European Space Agency released the Horsehead Nebula. which shows details of a young planet with a mass similar to Jupiter.
And in 2013, to honor the 23-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, NASA released new images of the Horsehead Nebula, showing the nebula’s dusty structure. However, both images are still lower resolution than the last image posted by.The James Webb Space Telescope was recently unveiled.
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