1y ago

James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail

www.space.com James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail (photos, video)

"We are witnessing the final chapters of a star's life, a preview of the sun's distant future."

James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail::The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the Ring Nebula in vibrant green and purple, presenting one of the most well-known objects in astronomy like never before.

science bs @midwest.social

m3t00🌎 @midwest.social

3w ago

James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail (photos, video)

www.space.com /james-webb-space-telescope-ring-nebula-dead-star

2 0

Space @lemmy.world

Otter @lemmy.ca

1y ago

James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail

www.space.com /james-webb-space-telescope-ring-nebula-dead-star

33 0

11 comments

This is beautiful!
- I want to eat it
  -~~Galactus~~
  
  It looks like its lemon-lime flavor
  
  It’s called rimming
- Hell no, this looks like snot.

Found Sauron. Turns out he's in space now.

The James Webb telescope does not capture any color information, it only captures IR radiation. You can color the IR based on frequency, but those are not the colors of that ring Nebula, but instead a mapping of color someone randomly selected.
- Damn. Or ...they used a color observed with some visible light telescope.
  
  It is actually blue with red around it. The colors here are completely made up. Here a picture from Hubble