Exposed Cranium Nebula - New Webb Telescope photos

From this article: https://www.engadget.com/science/space/new-webb-telescope-photos-show-off-the-exposed-cranium-nebula-235609619.html?src=rss

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zigmus64@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 184d (2 replies)

Do I recall correctly that you can tell the objects in the foreground from the background based on the fact that they had that 6-pointed star feature?

goldfndr@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 184d

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/james-webb-spikes/ includes you can easily identify the points of light that are stars contained within our own Milky Way by their diffraction spikes, whereas the fainter, more distant, extended objects definitively do not possess them. in reference to a Hubble photo.

theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 184d

That is my understanding but I am not an expert.

TheFrirish@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 4 pts · 184d

Here is a link to the pictures.

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 184d

At the risk of sounding like a stoner thats just watched Men In Black, that looks quite a lot like some microbiology

xombie21@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 184d

I know the eye of Sauron when I see it.

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 3 pts · 184d

Space jellyfish

WingsofLove03@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 184d

Cool! ☺️

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 184d

Ew, this is what the universe looks like? I think we can do better.