<![CDATA[Sneak preview 👀]]>Sneak preview 👀

Some of our data will become publicly available in the archives tomorrow, for the galactic star-forming region, Sharpless 305, & the nearby massive protostar, RAFGL5232.

The data are tricky & need more work on saturation, noise, & banding problems, plus colour compositing 😬

But as others will be quick to publish images as usual, I thought I'd share our snapshot with you first 😉

More to come as we continue pixel-bashing 👾🔨👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a22c149e-50b1-4e1c-ad70-43cb4c681ae4/sneak-previewRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 20:43:21 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2026 18:38:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak preview 👀 on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:45:23 GMT]]>@markmccaughrean It's so magnificent! I'm grateful that these photos can fill me with enough wonder and joy that they can overcome all of the dark thoughts I have from our world right now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/croyle/statuses/116330930064031914https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/croyle/statuses/116330930064031914Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:45:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak preview 👀 on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:43:25 GMT]]>This is a much reduced version of the original data set in terms of size, plus it only includes three (F182M, F300M, F360M) of the eight JWST NIRCam filters / wavelengths that we have.

The short-wavelength data are pretty noisy though, & that's where most of our work is currently going, both to get good photometry for the stars, but also prettier pictures spanning a wider wavelength range.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/markmccaughrean/statuses/116330922330875646https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/markmccaughrean/statuses/116330922330875646Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:43:25 GMT