When NASA released thetelescope’s first imagesin mid-July, everyone’s mind was blown by the results.
That’s where the comparisons with the Hubble Space Telescope came in.
By swiping back and forth onWebbCompare, anyone can see the stark difference in quality between Hubble and JWST.
Photo:WebbCompare
After posting his tool online, he was thrilled with the result.
For anyone who thought, what’s the big deal?
when looking at the JWST photos, Christensen’s tool clearly gives an answer.
What started out as a personal project for Christensen has now turned into something much bigger.
Initially, he was simply trying to see why everyone was making such a big fuss about JWST.
What’s different about it?
Why did we spend so much human engineering effort and time and money to create this thing?
Of course, once the app was coded, he immediately saw the difference.
And now, Christensen is thrilled to see that others are enjoying the results as much as he did.
That’s how I ended up going into science, was kind of being inspired by Hubble images.
paul (@paul_kramarchyk)July 12, 2022
Woah.
The nebula comparisons are almost night and day differences.
I cant put into words how this all is making me feel.
