@pro_grammer@programming.dev to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world • 5 months agoThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.programming.devimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down110cross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
arrow-up1315arrow-down1imageThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.programming.dev@pro_grammer@programming.dev to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square65fedilinkcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
minus-square@rappo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•5 months agoremember that JWST doesn’t do visible spectrum and, regardless, it’s specialized for faint distant objects. From JWST’s perspective, Titan emits a lot of light. It’s kind of like using a telephoto lens to take a picture of your foot.
minus-square@MeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•5 months agoPeople in general don’t understand focal length and spectrums. It’s just oooh 400x zoom, fancy, let’s see atoms.
remember that JWST doesn’t do visible spectrum and, regardless, it’s specialized for faint distant objects. From JWST’s perspective, Titan emits a lot of light. It’s kind of like using a telephoto lens to take a picture of your foot.
People in general don’t understand focal length and spectrums. It’s just oooh 400x zoom, fancy, let’s see atoms.