The stunning Orion Nebula—also called 'Orion's Sword' by naked-eye stargazers—is the subject of the James Webb Space Telescope's latest deep sky image.
NIRCam instrument on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. This is the long-wavelength colour composite, which focuses on the gas, dust, and molecules in the region with unprecedented sensitivity in the thermal infrared.a full “Super Harvest Moon,”
The image is so detailed that for the first time it’s also revealed hundreds of rogue planets floating freely in space. They appear to range in size from about 13 times the mass of Jupiter to just twice the mass of smaller Saturn, according to theM42 is one of the first objects every new stargazer should look at when it becomes visible for six months around November. It can be seen as a bright cloudy patch hanging just below the famous Orion’s Belt shape of three bright stars.
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