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This is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why the blur if the telescope is so powerful?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Titan is small, and distant, when compared to the photo in the thread.

The photo in this thread is by Cassini, which was at least a thousand of times closer. Titan is 1.2 million KM from Saturn, which Cassini was orbiting, while Earth, which JWST "orbits" is at least 1.2 billion KM from Saturn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the clarification!