Weber Space Telescope captured a new photo: the LEDA 2046648 spiral galaxy 1 billion light-years from Earth

CTOnews.com, February 3 (Xinhua)-- the European Space Agency (ESA) recently updated its article, sharing a new photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The protagonist of this photo is LEDA 2046648, a spiral galaxy located more than 1 billion light-years away in the supercluster of Hercules.

The James Webb Space Telescope has been exploring deep space since it was launched in 2021. Scientists and astronomers use the image data sent by the telescope to explore the mysteries of the origin of the universe.

The photos shared this time were taken by the James Webb Space Telescope during instrument calibration, which can help the spacecraft have the ability to "dig up fossils of the Milky way."

LEDA 2046648 can be seen at the bottom of this photo. A smaller spiral galaxy can be seen below LEDA, about 1/4 of its larger companion star. Both galaxies have glowing cores and star-forming regions that illuminate their pale pink spiral arms.

The photo was taken using Weber's near infrared camera (NIRCam). CTOnews.com class: the NIRCam is the main imager of the telescope, covering an infrared wavelength range of 0.6 to 5 microns. It can reveal the light emitted by the earliest stars and galaxies in the earliest stage of formation. It is equipped with a coronometer that works by blocking light from brighter objects. This makes it possible to display darker objects nearby.