File:MIRI and Spitzer Comparison Image (potm2205a).tiff
Size of this PNG preview of this TIF file: 786 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 315 × 240 pixels | 629 × 480 pixels | 1,007 × 768 pixels | 1,280 × 977 pixels | 1,658 × 1,265 pixels.
Original file (1,658 × 1,265 pixels, file size: 1.52 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary
editDescriptionMIRI and Spitzer Comparison Image (potm2205a).tiff |
English: The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is aligned across all four of its science instruments. Here we take a closer look at Webb’s coldest instrument: the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI.This MIRI test image (at 7.7 microns) shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way provided a dense star field to test Webb’s performance.Here, a close-up of the MIRI image is compared to a past image of the same target taken with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Array Camera (at 8.0 microns). The retired Spitzer was the first observatory to provide high-resolution images of the near- and mid-infrared Universe. Webb, by virtue of its significantly larger primary mirror and improved detectors, will allow us to see the infrared sky with improved clarity, enabling even more discoveries.For example, Webb’s MIRI image shows the interstellar gas in unprecedented detail. Here, you can see the emission from ‘polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons’ – molecules of carbon and hydrogen that play an important role in the thermal balance and chemistry of interstellar gas. When Webb is ready to begin science observations, studies such as these with MIRI will help give astronomers new insights into the birth of stars and protoplanetary systems. |
Date | 9 May 2022 (upload date) |
Source | MIRI and Spitzer Comparison Image |
Author | NASA/JPL-Caltech; MIRI: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI |
Other versions |
|
Licensing
editESA/Webb images, videos and web texts are released by the ESA under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and may on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided they are clearly and visibly credited. Detailed conditions are below; see the ESA copyright statement for full information. For images created by NASA or on the webbtelescope.org website, use the {{PD-Webb}} tag.
Conditions:
Notes:
|
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: NASA/JPL-Caltech; MIRI: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 19:10, 13 November 2022 | 1,658 × 1,265 (1.52 MB) | OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs) | #Spacemedia - Upload of https://esawebb.org/media/archives/images/original/potm2205a.tif via Commons:Spacemedia |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Width | 1,658 px |
---|---|
Height | 1,265 px |
Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Image data location | 8 |
Number of components | 4 |
Number of rows per strip | 1,265 |
Bytes per compressed strip | 1,582,852 |
Horizontal resolution | 72.009 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72.009 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |