Myth vs Reality: Seeing with Webb vs Seeing with Hubble
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This short video addresses the misconception that Hubble and Webb will see objects in the same way.
Starbirth Planet Formation: Video Segments
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At a Glance: Seeing the Invisible—Using Infrared to See Dust
01:55
Myth vs Reality: Seeing with Webb vs Seeing with Hubble
00:40
Above and Beyond: 30 Doradus
00:41
Myth vs Reality: Empty Space
00:40
Celestial Tour: Star Birth and Planet Formation
05:31
Above and Beyond: V838 Monocerotis
00:47
Insight Into: Cosmic Dust
01:36
Credits
Star and Planet Formation
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.
All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA, ESA, and STScI except:
· Taurus constellation drawing from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory
· Andromeda Galaxy visible-light image courtesy of NOAO/AURA/NSF
· Rocket launch image ©2008 ESA-CNES-Arianespace/Photo by Optique Video CSG
· Sunrise image copyright Jamie Lee – Fotolia.com
· Barnard 68 images courtesy of ESO
Written by Tracy Vogel
Designed by Marc Lussier
Music courtesy of Associated Production Music
Transcript
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A black and white picture of a minotaur on the top left. A color picture of a nebula on the top right.
Text, MYTH versus REALITY
Myth side
Text, The James Webb Space Telescope can see the same things the Hubble Space Telescope sees.
Reality side
Text, Hubble sees mostly visible light, while Webb is designed to observe infrared light. While Hubble can view some wavelengths of the infrared sky, Webb’s vision extends much farther into the infrared than Hubble can observe. Webb will also have a much larger mirror than Hubble. It can see fainter objects, more-distant objects, and stars that are hidden from Hubble's view.
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC]
(DESCRIPTION)
A black and white picture of a minotaur on the top left. A color picture of a nebula on the top right.
Text, MYTH versus REALITY
Myth side
Text, The James Webb Space Telescope can see the same things the Hubble Space Telescope sees.
Reality side
Text, Hubble sees mostly visible light, while Webb is designed to observe infrared light. While Hubble can view some wavelengths of the infrared sky, Webb’s vision extends much farther into the infrared than Hubble can observe. Webb will also have a much larger mirror than Hubble. It can see fainter objects, more-distant objects, and stars that are hidden from Hubble's view.