Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agoThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.programming.devimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.programming.devBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
minus-squareTronn4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoWish they wouldn’t waste Telescope time on nearby (relatively) objects that are not in the focal depth of a multi-million dollar space camera
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoTitan is far enough out that focal depth doesn’t really factor into it; as far as JWST is concerned it is at infinity. Which does raise the question of why it’s so blurry, though
minus-squareTronn4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYou know, upon further self thought, maybe nasal blurred it out because it has human settlements. 🤔
minus-squarewuphysics87@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s science. You learn something regardless
Wish they wouldn’t waste Telescope time on nearby (relatively) objects that are not in the focal depth of a multi-million dollar space camera
Titan is far enough out that focal depth doesn’t really factor into it; as far as JWST is concerned it is at infinity. Which does raise the question of why it’s so blurry, though
You know, upon further self thought, maybe nasal blurred it out because it has human settlements. 🤔
It’s science. You learn something regardless