New image of Neptune from the Webb space telescope

@LunarOrbit Saturn, my telescope isn't good enough for neptune generally, Very hard to seee.

@JimboSaturn But that you can see it live (minus what, a couple of hours) is so amazing.

@JimboSaturn Very nice pic nonetheless :)

@MoonlightLullaby nocturnal creatures understand the magic lure of the night sky 🌜

@robingoodfellow Yes! We have an appreciation many don't comprehend.💫

@robingoodfellow https://similarworlds.com/nature-outdoors/4383078-Nocturnal-Tranquility-Tucked-within-the-Blue-Ridge

@JimboSaturn Perspective. Triton is only 220,000 miles away.
Same distance Earth and Moon

@Gusman Oh I should know this being into astronomy lol. That would mean the other moons are close.

@JimboSaturn Closest is Naiad - 30,000 miles.
Naiad is only 20 miles across
Triton is 840 miles across

@Gusman So it's essentially a temperature profile of the planet. Fascinating.

@helenS You got me curious, so I started looking things up. NASA says

Astronomers can choose one of 4 instruments at a time (I think)
1 Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam): 0.6–5 micrometers
2 Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec): 0.7–5 micrometers
3 Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI): 5–28.5 micrometers
4 Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (FGS/NIRISS): 0.6–5 micrometers

Each instrument has options; here are the filter options for NIRCam
I think many of the images we see are originally "black and white" taken thru 3 or more filters sequentially, then assigned "false colors" to make a composite color image (if that makes any sense).

@ElwoodBlues Thank you!!!
And yes of course you can assign a color space to a temperature range; scientists do that all the time.

@Fukfacewillie Yes, it's a fine image!