And if I’m not mistaken, hubble looks at different wavelengths of light than JWST, so naturally their observations are going to look different. JWST looks at infrared or near IR while hubble sees mostly visible light.
Yes, and the JWSTs combined mirrors are three times larger than what Hubble has. The different wavelengths of light it can see are only part of the reason the pictures are better.
The IR cameras not only give better pictures of closer objects, it can see much older light that has been redshifted out of the range of Hubble’s cameras.
Regardless, both of those machines are amazing creations.
I think it’s kind of an unfair comparison. Hubble was made decades before Webb was, when we knew a lot less than we do now.
This is like insulting Shakespeare for not writing with a ballpoint pen.
And if I’m not mistaken, hubble looks at different wavelengths of light than JWST, so naturally their observations are going to look different. JWST looks at infrared or near IR while hubble sees mostly visible light.
Yes, and the JWSTs combined mirrors are three times larger than what Hubble has. The different wavelengths of light it can see are only part of the reason the pictures are better.
The IR cameras not only give better pictures of closer objects, it can see much older light that has been redshifted out of the range of Hubble’s cameras.
Regardless, both of those machines are amazing creations.