Zoom: A Spiral Amongst Thousands 🌌

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This video takes you on a breathtaking zoom-in journey to the spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648, located over a billion light-years away in the constellation Hercules. Captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument, this image reveals a stunning array of distant galaxies and bright stars, crowned with Webb’s signature six-pointed diffraction spikes.

Webb’s mission is to explore the universe’s earliest galaxies, unveiling their formation, evolution, and chemical composition through its powerful infrared vision. This observation was part of the telescope’s calibration process, ensuring its instruments were fine-tuned for groundbreaking discoveries. As the camera zooms in, witness the incredible detail Webb can capture, showcasing the vast and intricate tapestry of the cosmos.

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ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, DSS, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. de Martin, N. Bartmann, M. Zamani

#ESA #Space #Webb

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