Webb image archive

The COSMOS-Webb Field Compared with the Hubble ACS Field

The COSMOS-Webb survey will map 0.6 square degrees of the sky—about the area of three full Moons—using the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrum...

Date
Dec 13, 2023
Observatory
James Webb Space Telescope
Credit
NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
Archive ID
01FD7HT45BJYPC6H8H2W7VYNBJ

The COSMOS-Webb survey will map 0.6 square degrees of the sky—about the area of three full Moons—using the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument, while simultaneously mapping a smaller 0.2 square degrees with the Mid Infrared Instrument (MIRI). The jagged edges of the Hubble field’s outline are due to the separate images that make up the survey field.

Credits

Science

NASA, ESA, Jeyhan Kartaltepe (RIT), Caitlin Casey (UT), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)

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