#along the naming scheme of the hubble deep fields

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going to murder anyone who shits on this image for being underwhelming. you people said the same shit about the first image of M87*. like, while space is often beautiful, the main goal of space imagery is not for aesthetic purposes. these images may look dull but they are much much much more monumental than Picture Of Orion Nebula #23049596. the hubble deep fields, and now this (first) webb deep field, are so fucking important because they show the sheer scale of the universe. what looks like a completely black patch of the sky even in the best viewing conditions on earth, actually contains thousands upon thousands of galaxies going back to only a few million years after the big bang. this is incredible. how dare you call that underwhelming. literally go look at Picture Of Orion Nebula #23049596 then if that's all you care about. fuck off lol

#brot posts #astro posting #jwst #sorry i am on twitter. because the jwst tag on twitter is a lot more active than on tumblr #unfortunately that is also exposing me to these people . #the hubble deep fields were like. taken in a patch of sky about 1/10th the size of the full moon i believe #this webb deep field? apparently the size of a GRAIN OF SAND . held at ARM'S LENGTH !!! #that is FUCKING NUTS !!!!! #and look at how many galaxies there are!! and how sharp the image is!!! #look at the diffraction spikes on the nearby stars !! look at the GRAVITATIONAL LENSING !!!! #im so glad they led with a deep field photo #btw idk if 'webb deep field' is the official name but thats what im gonna call it #along the naming scheme of the hubble deep fields