Myth vs Reality: Seeing with Webb vs Seeing with Hubble

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

Music courtesy of Associated Production Music

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On the left, a mythical part bull and part human. On the right, image of a nebula. Text: Myth versus Reality. Myth, The James Webb Space Telescope is an improved version of the Hubble Space Telescope. Reality, Hubble and Webb are designed to observe different forms of light. Hubble sees visible and ultraviolet light, while Webb observes infrared light. Astronomers can use the two telescopes together to get a more complete picture of how the universe works. 

 

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