The Southern Ring Nebula
Caption: The Southern Ring Nebula — a planetary nebula of gas shed by a dying star — shown in two Webb infrared views.
Scientific context
A planetary nebula about 2,500 light-years away; Webb's infrared imaging revealed that the shells of gas were shaped by a fainter companion to the dying central star.
Subject & instruments
Instrument: NIRCam & MIRI · Near- and mid-infrared
Collections
Related images
- A glowing, cliff-like edge of orange gas and dust below a starry blue expanse, with newborn stars sparkling throughout.Public Domain
Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- A dark field scattered with thousands of galaxies of many colours; several appear stretched into arcs by gravitational lensing.Public Domain
Webb's First Deep Field (SMACS 0723)
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- Four interacting galaxies clustered together with a fifth foreground galaxy, amid countless background stars and galaxies.Public Domain
Stephan's Quintet
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- Three towering columns of dark, dense gas and dust silhouetted against glowing greenish nebulosity.Public Domain
Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)
NASA, ESA, STScI
- A tangled, glowing web of orange, yellow, and blue filaments expanding outward from a central region.Public Domain
The Crab Nebula (M1)
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- Jupiter in infrared, with glowing polar aurorae, bright cloud bands, and faint rings.Public Domain
Jupiter (James Webb Space Telescope)
NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team
Source & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- STScISpace Telescope Science Institute
Science operations and public image archives for the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes (MAST, HubbleSite, webbtelescope.org).
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