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Star-forming region IC 348 (NIRCam image)
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently observed IC 348, a star-forming region just 1000 light-years away. This is one of the largest Webb images released to the public so far. This near-infrared vista of IC 348 reveals a collection of objects called brown dwarfs, which are smaller than the smallest stars. Researchers used the unparalleled sensitivity of Webb’s NIRCam ( Near-Infrared Camera ) to track…
- Credit
- ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA
- Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NIRCam
- Seeing in
- near-infrared
- Release
- weic2619a
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 — credit required
- Published
- Source
- Webb release page
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