In the month that the Webb Space Telescope was up and running, one star image after another was released to the public, showing the farthest reaches of space for anyone curious. Just this week, a dynamite shot of Jupiter, its rings, and its moons went viral. Now, a group of researchers has captured the largest image ever captured by the telescope. Using 690 frames taken from the observatory’s near-infrared camera (NIRCam), a giant image was created and released to the public.
Dubbed by the CEERS team Epoch 1, the Science Early Publication Survey of Cosmic Evolution, the image shows what appear to be endless galaxies across the night sky. In a press release shared by the group, the images show a small portion of the sky near the Big Dipper’s handle.
I’ve been waiting a long time to share this, and it’s finally time! Do you want to see the biggest picture #JWST Have you taken out galaxies yet?! We have a colorful mosaic picture of Tweet embed Ready, there are many galaxies in it! DOWNLOAD HERE & ZOOM IN https://t.co/DJcBu8DMFl pic.twitter.com/7mhRntpXOY
– Rebecca Larson (@SaturnsWings) August 16, 2022
“The first era covers less than half of our total survey area in the sky, and the images have already led to new discoveries and an unexpected, but unwelcome, abundance of never-before-seen galaxies,” the press release read. “We hope you enjoy exploring these images as much as we have enjoyed studying them, and be sure to open the high-resolution images to zoom in – the sheer number of galaxies we’ve captured so far is amazing!”
Note: This is just one era of Tweet embed Notes (our mosaic = purple squares on the right). We’re still less than halfway through our full survey, and our data has already led to new discoveries and an unexpected, but not unwelcome, abundance of never-before-seen galaxies. pic.twitter.com/odv4kHb7so
– Rebecca Larson (@SaturnsWings) August 16, 2022
CEERS team member Rebecca Larson teased more findings to come in a Twitter thread, saying the photos the group posted are really just a sampling of what’s to come. Note: This is the first era of our ownership [CEERS] notes (our mosaic = purple squares on the right), “tweeted”. “We are less than halfway through our full survey, and our data has already led to new discoveries and an abundance of unexpected, but unwelcome, never-before-seen galaxies.”
You can view and download high-resolution images released by CESS here.
For more images from the Webb Space Telescope and other cosmic stories, check out the ComicBook Invasion Center here.
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