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[-] rappo@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

remember that JWST doesn't do visible spectrum and, regardless, it's specialized for faint distant objects. From JWST's perspective, Titan emits a lot of light. It's kind of like using a telephoto lens to take a picture of your foot.

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

People in general don't understand focal length and spectrums. It's just oooh 400x zoom, fancy, let's see atoms.

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