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Amid the Stars
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Astronomy educator and writer in Southern California.
I post space images with breakdowns, astronomy fun facts, and articles on various space topics.
Amid the Stars is a guided stargazing experience in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Compare Webb's image of IC 5332 to that taken by Hubble. Hubble sees the world in the visible and ultraviolet spectrums, which reveals a different picture. The interstellar dust of the Webb infrared image is just barely visible as dark patches where the visible and UV light is blocked. (2/3)

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IC 5332 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. A typical spiral galaxy with clear spiral arms. Unlike the image from Webb, the finer structure of the spiral arms cannot clearly be seen.
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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We've all seen the grand spiral structures of galaxies, but have you ever seen the finer structure within? Usually, the interstellar dust that creates this form is invisible, but the James Webb Space Telescope is equipped to reveal the hidden detail using its infrared imaging. (1/3)

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IC 5332 as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. A spiral galaxy made up of an intricate and twisted web of filaments. Behind it, further away galaxies are visible in the background.
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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This is an up-close photo of Saturn's rings, but it also shows so much more. Those two little dots are actually the Earth and Moon as seen from over 1.4 billion kilometers away by the Cassini spacecraft. Everything you know and love is on that dot.

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A close-up photograph of Saturn's rings, captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The rings appear as wide, textured bands of beige, tan, and gold, stretching diagonally across the frame. To the left of the rings is the black void of space, featuring two tiny, bright white dots. In the upper-left corner, a much thinner ring of Saturn is visible.
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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NGC 6357, known as the Lobster Nebula, is a diffuse nebula over 1,000 light-years across. This image is actually a composite of three different spectrums. The blue is visible light, the orange is infrared, and the pink is X-ray.

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A wide-field composite view of NGC 6357, also known as the Lobster Nebula. The image reveals blue visible light, orange infrared, and pink X-ray data, highlighting long gas filaments coiling around huge cavities where massive new stars are forming.
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM