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MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Dan Coe (STScI), Rebecca Larson (UT), Yu-Yang Hsiao (JHU); Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Text: Michael Rutkowski (Minn. St. U. Mankato)

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Distant galaxies appear as yellow blurry dots while a few nearby bright stars appear in white and surrounded by spikes caused by diffraction.

APOD: 2023 January 18 – MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb

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