Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 years agoThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.programming.devimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down16cross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.programming.devBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square14linkfedilinkcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
minus-squareTronn4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·2 years agoWish they wouldn’t waste Telescope time on nearby (relatively) objects that are not in the focal depth of a multi-million dollar space camera
minus-squaremystic-macaroni@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s science. You learn something regardless
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoTitan is far enough out that focal depth doesn’t really factor into it; as far as JWST is concerned it is at infinity. Which does raise the question of why it’s so blurry, though
minus-squareTronn4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoYou know, upon further self thought, maybe nasal blurred it out because it has human settlements. 🤔
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI suspect they gathered other data whilst taking the “photo”. This is just the public release element of the work.
Wish they wouldn’t waste Telescope time on nearby (relatively) objects that are not in the focal depth of a multi-million dollar space camera
It’s science. You learn something regardless
Titan is far enough out that focal depth doesn’t really factor into it; as far as JWST is concerned it is at infinity. Which does raise the question of why it’s so blurry, though
You know, upon further self thought, maybe nasal blurred it out because it has human settlements. 🤔
I suspect they gathered other data whilst taking the “photo”. This is just the public release element of the work.