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                                  2024 February 6   
      Spiral galaxy NGC 1566 is shown with an image from Hubble primarily in   
       visible light on the upper left, and an image from Webb in primarily   
        infrared light on the lower right. A rollover image shows the same   
          galaxy with the Webb and Hubble parts reversed. Please see the   
                    explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                  NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble   
        Image Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T.   
       Williams (Oxford), R. Chandar (UToledo), D. Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS   
                                       Team   
      
      Explanation: What's different about this galaxy? Very little, which   
      makes the Spanish Dancer galaxy, NGC 1566, one of the most typical and   
      photogenic spirals on the sky. There is something different about this   
      galaxy image, though, because it is a diagonal combination of two   
      images: one by the Hubble Space Telescope on the upper left, and the   
      other by the James Webb Space Telescope on the lower right. The Hubble   
      image was taken in ultraviolet light and highlights the locations of   
      bright blue stars and dark dust along the galaxy's impressive spiral   
      arms. In contrast, the Webb image was taken in infrared light and   
      highlights where the same dust emits more light than it absorbed. In   
      the rollover image, the other two sides of these images are revealed.   
      Blinking between the two images shows which stars are particularly hot   
      because they glow brighter in ultraviolet light, and the difference   
      between seemingly empty space and infrared-glowing dust.   
      
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