stsci_2022-509b December 14th, 2022
Credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Pagan (STScI), Science: R. Jansen, J. Summers, R. O'Brien, and R. Windhorst (Arizona State University); A. Robotham (ICRAR/UWA); A. Koekemoer (STScI), C. Willmer (UofA); and the PEARLS team
A swath of sky measuring 2% of the area covered by the Full Moon was imaged with Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) in eight filters and with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in three filters that together span the 0.25 – 5-micron wavelength range. This image represents a portion of the full PEARLS field, which will be about four times larger. Thousands of galaxies over an enormous range in distance and time are seen in exquisite detail, many for the first time. Light from the most distant galaxies has traveled almost 13.5 billion years to reach us. Because this image is a combination of multiple exposures, some stars show additional diffraction spikes. This representative-color image was created using Hubble filters F275W (purple), F435W (blue), and F606W (blue); and Webb filters F090W (cyan), F115W (green), F150W (green), F200W (green), F277W (yellow), F356W (yellow), F410M (orange), and F444W (red). Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Pagan (STScI). Science: R. Jansen, J. Summers, R. O'Brien, and R. Windhorst (Arizona State University); A. Robotham (ICRAR/UWA); A. Koekemoer (STScI); C. Willmer (UofA); and the PEARLS team.
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Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/early-highlights/webb-glimpses-field-of-extragalactic-pearls-studded-with-galactic-diamonds
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Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (ACS/WFC) | Optical (U) | 275.0 nm | |
Hubble (ACS/WFC) | Optical (B) | 435.0 nm | |
Hubble (ACS/WFC) | Optical (V) | 900.0 nm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 1.2 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 1.5 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 2.0 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 2.8 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 3.6 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 4.1 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | 4.4 µm | |
Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared | - | |
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