Companion site to the textbook by Dale A. Ostlie, Oxford University Press, 2022
What’s New
July 12, 2022: The James Webb Space Telescope team releases the telescope’s first scientific images less than one month before the August 11, 2022, release of Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding.
“Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula, a star-formation region.
JWST’s first Deep Field; looking back 13 billion years. For comparison, see HST deep fields in Fig. 19.1 (p. 776) and the background image in Fig. 19.22 (p. 810) of you text. See also the Hubble Deep Fields at https://esahubble.org/science/deep_fields
The Southern Ring Nebula; a planetary nebula seen through two different cameras. On the left, in near-infrared, and on the right in longer wavelength, mid-infrared. Note that two stars are visible in the center when viewed in mid-infrared.
Stephan’s Quintet; galaxies in interaction. (See Fig. 18.45 on page 749 of your textbook for an HST view).
The atmospheric spectrum of WASP 96b; a hot exoplanet.
