File:Comet 238P-Read (NIRCam Compass Image) (2023-123).png

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Image of Comet 238P/Read captured by the Webb Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference. The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky.

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English: Image of Comet 238P/Read captured by the Webb Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.

The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above). A scale bar is labeled 3,000 kilometers and 2,000 miles.

This image shows near-infrared wavelengths of light that have been translated into visible-light colors. The color key shows the filter used when collecting the light.
Date 15 May 2023 (upload date)
Source Comet 238P/Read (NIRCam Compass Image)
Author IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Mike Kelley IMAGE PROCESSING: Henry Hsieh (PSI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA, ESA and CSA. NASA Webb material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA/CSA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if source material from other organizations is in use.
The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-03127. Copyright statement at webbtelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the esawebb.org site, use the {{ESA-Webb}} tag.

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