{"id":37401,"date":"2022-09-24T11:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=37401"},"modified":"2022-09-24T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:24:50","slug":"cool-astro-pics-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/09\/24\/cool-astro-pics-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Astro Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em><strong>James Webb Space Telescope<\/strong><\/em> turns its attention to Neptune, right in our own extended neighborhood:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37403\" style=\"width: 1069px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37403\" class=\"wp-image-37403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?resize=800%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?w=1059&amp;ssl=1 1059w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jwst-neptune.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Credits: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2022\/new-webb-image-captures-clearest-view-of-neptune-s-rings-in-decades\">NASA<\/a>, ESA, CSA, STScI <\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes, Neptune has rings, more visible in this infrared view than in the visible spectrum. The big star to the upper left is actually Neptune&#8217;s moon Triton, and the other stars are other moons. I particularly liked this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Neptune\u2019s 164-year orbit means its northern pole, at the top of this image, is just out of view for astronomers, but the Webb images hint at an intriguing brightness in that area. A previously-known vortex at the southern pole is evident in Webb\u2019s view, but for the first time Webb has revealed a continuous band of high-latitude clouds surrounding it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s always good to have a bit of mystery to pursue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The James Webb Space Telescope turns its attention to Neptune, right in our own extended neighborhood: Yes, Neptune has rings, more visible in this infrared view than in the visible spectrum. The big star to the upper left is actually Neptune&#8217;s moon Triton, and the other stars are other moons. \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/09\/24\/cool-astro-pics-32\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37401"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37404,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37401\/revisions\/37404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}