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A GIF comparing both Hubble and JWST https://i.redd.it/9uyhwijeo0b91.gif


I made this page (posted in another thread yesterday) because I was rather underwhelmed by the .gif. I think the page shows in much better detail the difference between the telescopes' capabilities.

https://blog.wolfd.me/hubble-jwst/

(If you're on mobile, you should be able to zoom in and still use the slider)


Interested in adding the Carina Nebula comparison? I'm crop-aligning the full resolution images rn and will have them in a bit

Edit: btw you should add the ability to zoom on desktop too. Would make it a lot easier to see the massive difference between the two


This is really awesome. Thank you!


Great stuff!


damn, this is really awesome!!


Here's another tool with all 4 photos:

https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/


The additional detail of the red spiral galaxy around 12:30 is stark by comparison to others. Any ideas on why?


The reddest objects in the JWST are frequently not even present in the Hubble image, as they were redshifted into a band of light Hubble couldn't even detect. That's my favorite part about this image - those galaxies we can now see which were previously redshifted beyond our capacity to detect. They're the oldest, and receding from us the fastest.




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