當?shù)貢r間11日,美國國家航空航天局(NASA)公布了詹姆斯•韋伯太空望遠鏡拍攝的首張全彩色照片。
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Taken by the telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera, the image – dubbed Webb's First Deep Field – captured thousands of galaxies in sharp detail.
這張照片名為“韋布的首次深空”,是韋伯望遠鏡拍攝到迄今為止最深的宇宙紅外圖像。
The image showcases the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago, according to NASA.
NASA表示,照片內容為星系團SMACS 0723,包含了數(shù)千個星系,距離地球46億光年。
The $10 billion project is the world's largest and most powerful space observatory ever built.
詹姆斯•韋伯天空望遠鏡造價100億美元,是NASA迄今建造的最大、功能最強的空間望遠鏡。
The telescope was launched into space last December from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
該望遠鏡去年12月從位于法屬圭亞那庫魯?shù)臍W洲宇航中心發(fā)射升空。