meowcat93 t1_j8x4ij9 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:06 PM Reply to comment by powerman228 in NEW JWST DEEP FIELD - Pandora's Cluster by GeoGeoGeoGeo I think it's because the image is a combination of images taken at slightly different angles, and the position of the diffraction spikes is dependent on the telescope roll angle. Permalink Parent 4
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meowcat93 OP t1_iu9fy6y wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:20 PM Reply to comment by frone in Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation by meowcat93 Here’s another sense of physical scale: https://twitter.com/willgater/status/1586023809119055875?s=20&t=czbg9sGdclDTK8gizR6E0w Permalink Parent 2
meowcat93 OP t1_iu6t5zi wrote on October 29, 2022 at 12:06 AM Reply to comment by [deleted] in Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation by meowcat93 No it’s a different instrument from the previous version. Permalink Parent 5
meowcat93 OP t1_iu6t4pf wrote on October 29, 2022 at 12:05 AM Reply to comment by Kind-Honeydew4900 in Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation by meowcat93 It’s the mid-infrared instrument (MIRI), and stars are much less bright in those wavelengths Permalink Parent 6
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I think it's because the image is a combination of images taken at slightly different angles, and the position of the diffraction spikes is dependent on the telescope roll angle.