The James Webb Space Telescope, which will soon succeed Hubble, has captured some stunning images of a neighbouring satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
JWST primary mirror is made up of 18 hexagonal gold-plated beryllium mirror segments that together form a 6.5-meter (21-foot) diameter mirror, compared to Hubble's 2.4 m. (7.9 ft).
This telescope has a light-collecting area of around 25 square metres, which is roughly 6 times that of Hubble Telescope.
JWST has captured some stunning images of a neighboring satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
According to NASA, the new visuals feature the small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)- and the quality of Webb's images far outweighs that of the now-retired Spitzer telescope.
The new images are taken by the JWST's MIRI (Mid Infrared Instrument), that features light from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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The Spitzer Space Telescope Vs The James Webb Space Telescope the results are spectacular.