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English: In the James Webb Space Telescope image of Stephan’s Quintet, we see 5 galaxies, 4 of which interact. (The left galaxy is actually in the foreground!) These colliding galaxies are pulling and stretching each other in a gravitational dance. Webb will revolutionize our knowledge of star formation and gas interactions within: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/

Here’s Stephan’s Quintet as taken by Webb’s MIRI instrument. In the mid-infrared, Webb pierces through dust, giving new insight into how interactions like these may have driven galaxy evolution in the early universe.

This image contains one more MIRI filter than was used in the NIRCam-MIRI composite picture. The image processing specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore opted to use all three MIRI filters and the colors red, green and blue to most clearly differentiate the galaxy features from each other and the shock waves between the galaxies. In this image, red denotes dusty, star-forming regions, as well as extremely distant, early galaxies and galaxies enshrouded in thick dust. Blue point sources show stars or star clusters without dust. Diffuse areas of blue indicate dust that has a significant amount of large hydrocarbon molecules. For small background galaxies scattered throughout the image, the green and yellow colors represent more distant, earlier galaxies that are rich in these hydro carbons as well.
Deutsch: Im Bild des James-Webb-Weltraumteleskops von Stephans Quintett sehen wir 5 Galaxien, von denen 4 interagieren. (Die linke Galaxie ist tatsächlich im Vordergrund!) Diese kollidierenden Galaxien ziehen und strecken sich gegenseitig in einem Gravitationstanz. Das James-Webb-Weltraumteleskop wird unser Wissen über Sternentstehung und Gaswechselwirkungen revolutionieren innerhalb von: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/

Hier ist Stephans Quintett, aufgenommen von Webbs MIRI-Instrument. Im mittleren Infrarot dringt Webb durch Staub und gibt neue Einblicke, wie Wechselwirkungen wie diese die Galaxienentwicklung im frühen Universum vorangetrieben haben könnten.

Dieses Bild enthält einen MIRI-Filter mehr als im zusammengesetzten NIRCam-MIRI-Bild verwendet wurde. Die Bildverarbeitungsspezialisten des Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore entschieden sich für alle drei MIRI-Filter und die Farben Rot, Grün und Blau, um die Galaxienmerkmale und die Schockwellen zwischen den Galaxien am deutlichsten voneinander zu unterscheiden. In diesem Bild kennzeichnet Rot staubige, Sternentstehungsregionen sowie extrem entfernte, frühe Galaxien und Galaxien, die in dicken Staub gehüllt sind. Blaue Punktquellen zeigen Sterne oder Sternhaufen ohne Staub. Diffuse blaue Bereiche weisen auf Staub hin, der eine beträchtliche Menge an großen Kohlenwasserstoffmolekülen enthält. Bei kleinen Hintergrundgalaxien, die über das Bild verstreut sind, stellen die grünen und gelben Farben weiter entfernte, frühere Galaxien dar, die ebenfalls reich an diesen Kohlenwasserstoffen sind.
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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.
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