2023-08-05 02:34:16
Saturday August 5, 2023 04:34 AM Saturday August 5, 2023 04:34 AM The James Webb Space Telescope captured the Ring Nebula in an image in which it appears as a glowing green and purple eye, presenting the familiar astronomical object in a whole new light and more detail, according to the website “. Space”, images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57 (M57), located regarding 2,200 light-years away, in intricate detail that will surprise even knowledgeable astronomers. Located in the constellation Lyra, the Ring Nebula is a popular target for space enthusiasts as its ring-shaped ring of glowing gas and dust can be seen with even small backyard telescopes all summer long. “I first saw the Ring Nebula as a child through a small telescope,” Jean Camy, an astrophysicist at Western University and a core member of the JWST Ring Nebula Imager project, said in a statement. “I never would have thought that I would one day be part of the team.” who will use the world’s most powerful space telescope ever to look at this object.” The ring nebula is the glowing remnant of a long dead star, a class of astronomical objects called “planetary nebulae”, which are somewhat unrelated to planets, and in its heart there is a white spot representing a white dwarf star, what remains of the nucleus of this extinct stellar body . “The James Webb Space Telescope has provided us with an extraordinary view of the Ring Nebula that we have not seen before,” said Mike Barlow, Professor at University College London and co-scientist on the James Webb Ring Nebula Imager project. It also reveals the inner region around the central white dwarf with remarkable clarity.” This means that observations of this system give us a glimpse of what the solar system might look like in billions of years. “We are witnessing the last chapters of the star’s life, and a preview of the sun’s distant future, and the JWST observations have opened a new window to understanding these amazing cosmic events,” Barlow explained. “We can use the Ring Nebula as our laboratory to study how planetary nebulae form and evolve.” Astronomers can also gain information regarding the chemical processes that occur in planetary nebulae by analyzing the colors that gas and dust give off when stars explode in their centers with radiation. Source: Technology News: The James Webb Space Telescope captures the colorful Ring Nebula with new details. Related news:
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