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This is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. (programming.dev)

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[–] HootinNHollerin 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

Very blurry for a powerful telescope. Wonder if it’s because moon is moving fast relative to close telescope so the effective shutter speed needs to be relatively high?

[–] lefty7283 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

JWST primarily looks at very large objects that are far away. Titan (and really everything in the solar system) is relatively close to us, but are tiny in comparison to galaxies/nebulae, so their actual size as they appear in the sky is a lot smaller.

[–] johannesvanderwhales 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also of note, most objects in the outer solar system are very dim.

[–] Buddahriffic 5 points 9 months ago

Can't really claim we're all that bright in the inner solar system either.

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