Nuclear region of the barred-spiral, active galaxy NGC-1365. Many star forming regions are visible along with vast clouds of gas and dust, characteristic of such regions. Click the image to launch the video.
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On July 12, 2022 NASA—together with representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), key partners in the JWST mission—unveiled five groundbreaking studies, along with a stunning array of images and data characterized by extraordinary visual impact. The released studies and images, collectively known as the JWST Early Release Observing (ERO) program, surpassed all expectations in both detail and resolution.
In this video, we present and analyze the August 13th observation of the barred spiral and active galaxy NGC 1365, part of the JWST ERO program. The requested attribution and credit to contributors to the ERO program, their collaborators and work products is below.
We demonstrate how this publicly available data—downloaded directly from official space telescope archives—can be processed using PixInsight to produce the user’s own stunning images. We show how anyone with a computer and internet access can use PixInsight to process raw space telescope data—such as that from Hubble, JWST, and other orbiting platforms, to produce their own spectacular images, comparable in quality to NASA’s own releases. In our full companion article ( https://astronomyforchange.org/stunning-jwst-image-suggests-rapidly-rotating-black-hole-in-galaxys-core/), as well as below, we offer multiple download options and step-by-step guidance.
Image scale: 17 light-years / pixel (all images)
NGC-1365 Core (Extended color, 3703×2671, 7 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Core (Extended color, 3703×2671, 20 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Core (Extended color, 3703×2671, 158 mb TIFF)
NGC-1365 Core (High intensity, 3703×2671, 15 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Core (High intensity, 3703×2671, 21 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Core (Natural color 3882×2796, 11 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Core (Natural color, 3882×2796, 17 mb PNG, author’s choice, used as the Featured image for this article)
NGC-1365 Core (Saturated color 2588×1822, 6 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Core (Saturated color, 2588×1822, 26 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Extended color, Full Resolution, 4350×8120, 21 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Extended color, Full Resolutoin, 4350×8120, 48 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Extended color, Full Resolution, rotated 90 deg ccw, 8120×4350, 26 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Extended color, Full Resolution, rotated 90 deg ccw, 8120×4350, 76 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Extended color, rotated 90 deg ccw, 5073×4328, 13 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Extended color, rotated 90 deg ccw, 5073×4328, 48 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Natural color, high-contrast, rotated 90 deg ccw, 8250×4334, 21 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with core (Natural color, high-contrast, rotated 90 deg ccw, 8250×4334, 58 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with star-forming arc (Natural color, high-contrast, 4350×8120, 21 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Full Galaxy with star-forming arc (Natural color, high-contrast, 4350×8120, 58 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 Core with star-forming arc (Extended color, 4350×8120, 20 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 Core with star-forming arc (Extended color, 4350×8120, 46 mb PNG)
NGC-1365 2.0 Micron Gray Scale (4568×8387, 18 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 3.0 Micron Gray Scale (2198×4056, 4.6 mb JPEG)
NGC-1365 3.6 Micron Gray Scale (2198×4056, 4.7 mb JPEG)
Grayscale image exposure times
2.0 microns, 2405 seconds (40 minutes)
3.0 microns, 773 seconds (13 minutes)
3.6 microns, 859 seconds (14 min, 20 sec)
Final post-process FITS files available upon request.
Attribution
The Early Release Observations and associated materials were developed, executed, and compiled by the ERO production team: Hannah Braun, Claire Blome, Matthew Brown, Margaret Carruthers, Dan Coe, Joseph DePasquale, Nestor Espinoza, Macarena Garcia Marin, Karl Gordon, Alaina Henry, Leah Hustak, Andi James, Ann Jenkins, Anton Koekemoer, Stephanie LaMassa, David Law, Alexandra Lockwood, Amaya Moro-Martin, Susan Mullally, Alyssa Pagan, Dani Player, Klaus Pontoppidan, Charles Proffitt, Christine Pulliam, Leah Ramsay, Swara Ravindranath, Neill Reid, Massimo Robberto, Elena Sabbi, Leonardo Ubeda. The EROs were also made possible by the foundational efforts and support from the JWST instruments, STScI planning and scheduling, and Data Management teams.
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