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Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away (mashable.com)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Image A: HR 8799 (NIRCam Image) ...

Picture caption ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the clearest look in the infrared yet at the iconic multi-planet system HR 8799. The closest planet to the star, HR 8799 e, orbits 1.5 billion miles from its star, which in our solar system would be located between the orbit of Saturn and Neptune. The furthest, HR 8799 b, orbits around 6.3 billion miles from the star, more than twice Neptune’s orbital distance. Colors are applied to filters from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), revealing their intrinsic differences. A star symbol marks the location of the host star HR 8799, whose light has been blocked by the coronagraph. In this image, the color blue is assigned to 4.1 micron light, green to 4.3 micron light, and red to the 4.6 micron light. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, W. Balmer (JHU), L. Pueyo (STScI), M. Perrin (STScI)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

People are complaining about the blurriness, but I'm old and this picture is astonishing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Those of us complaining about the blurriness are doing so tongue-in-cheek. Of course the fact that they are able to take ~~visible light~~ photos of exoplanets is a huge feat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those of us complaining about the blurriness are doing so tongue-in-cheek.

Might want to include a "/s" next time, if its in jest.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think it's pretty obvious when I said they should turn on auto-stabilization. Lmao.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think it’s pretty obvious when I said they should turn on auto-stabilization. Lmao.

Apparently not, since you had to specify with a follow-up comment. 🤷

These days people assume its just a bad AI comment, so its good to be explicit about it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I too, thought it was obvious. I don't think we need to put /s after every sarcastic remark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thought it was obvious

Not actually, since stabilizers are used in astronomy, and people can't see your facial gestures to help judge what you're saying, human nature and all that.

I don’t think we need to put /s after every sarcastic remark.

I think the issue was judging if it was sarcastic or not in the first place.

For sure you thought in your mind it was, but did it come out on the electronic page that way, for others to read?

But, it's your communication time, you do you. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this is the most reddit conversation I've had on lemmy so far

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

this is the most reddit conversation I’ve had on lemmy so far

See, now that comment could or could not maybe use a /s . 😜

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it wasn't /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Apparently. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can't stabilize a planet in another solar system

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Jesus, even just like, 10 years ago, this would have been like, two blue pixels. If anything at all, lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's nuts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

No!! They're planets circling around a sun!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's crazy,so much color made it all the way over here, crazy..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That’s crazy,so much color made it all the way over here, crazy…

From the picture caption ...

Colors are applied to filters from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera)), revealing their intrinsic differences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks!

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