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

submitted 2 years ago by pro_grammer@programming.dev to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] lefty7283@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

JWST primarily looks at very large objects that are far away. Titan (and really everything in the solar system) is relatively close to us, but are tiny in comparison to galaxies/nebulae, so their actual size as they appear in the sky is a lot smaller.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also of note, most objects in the outer solar system are very dim.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Can't really claim we're all that bright in the inner solar system either.