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Thanks for finding those images! I threw together a page that lets you compare them via a slider. You should be able to zoom in on mobile! https://blog.wolfd.m

by wolfd 4y ago

Thanks for finding those images! I threw together a page that lets you compare them via a slider. You should be able to zoom in on mobile! https://blog.wolfd.me/hubble-jwst/ https://blog.wolfd.me/hubble-jwst/ The .gif comparison was a bit... upsetting since the color palettes are so limited and the resolution is so low, so it really didn't put JWST _or_ Hubble in a good light.

caseyf7 4y ago
This is incredibly useful. Thank you!
fsckboy 4y ago
would it make sense to balance the two images in terms of brightness? the hubble one just seems dimmer. There is some extra "pinpoint" clarity in the Webb image, but it doesn't show (for instance) a bunch of new stuff, I was surprised at that.
- black_knight 4y ago
  There is definitely new stuff there – if you look closely. The new stuff is of course faint and small. Otherwise Hubble would have seen it!
HPsquared 4y ago
It looks like restoration of an old painting where the aged, yellowed varnish is stripped away to reveal the (much brighter and more detailed) original painting below.
- barfingclouds 4y ago
  Couldn’t you just do basic photo touch ups to get the Hubble to look about the same???
  - collinmanderson 4y ago
    No. Webb looks deeper into the infrared and can see galaxies that Hubble can't see. There're some red galaxies in Webb (upper-right especially) that aren't in Hubble's at all.
randyrand 4y ago
amazing progress