James Webb Space Telescope Feed Post

NGC 4535 (Webb Image)

Face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 4535. In Webb’s high-resolution infrared images, the gas and dust stand out in stark shades of orange and red, and show finer spiral shapes with the appearance of jagged edges, though these areas are still diffuse. More information: webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/105/01HMC1WE... Read the feature: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-depicts-stagger... Full set of images: webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-1... NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team Image description: The galaxy’s core is centered and connected by an almost vertical bar structure to the galaxy’s two prominent spiral arms, which appear to rotate clockwise. The bar and arms form an elongated S shape. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange, with prominent dark gray or black regions toward the center. Image & Description by NASA