The telescope also captured seven of Neptune's 14 moons.
The rings of Neptune and a series of bright spots in the southern hemisphere of the planet that represent high-altitude methane-ice clouds are visible in an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope and released by NASA on Sept. 21, 2022.NASA released new images of Neptune from the James Webb Space Telescope on Wednesday, showing off some of the planet's rings.
This composite image provided by NASA on Sept. 21, 2022, shows three side-by-side images of Neptune. From left, a photo of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1989, Hubble in 2021, and the James Webb telescope in 2022. In visible light, Neptune appears blue due to small amounts of methane gas in its atmosphere. Webbâs Near-Infrared Camera instead observed Neptune at near-infrared wavelengths, where Neptune resembles a pearl with thin, concentric oval rings.
Usually appearing blue in images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Neptune appears more visible with the Webb telescope because it uses infrared technology that makes it easier to identify objects in space.The James Webb Space Telescope also captured seven of Neptune's 14 moons, with its largest moon Triton, which orbits the planet backward, appearing with diffraction spikes, which are seen in many pictures from Webb, NASA said.
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