Earendel Star Cluster Line phenomena explained by JWST and Hubble

On August 2, 2022 NASA’s James Webb Telescope and Hubble presented comparison images of Earendel Star Cluster Line. This phenomena has been.explained as diffraction spikes created by the telescopes’ lenses. By the way Earendel Star is farthest star known.

Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI
Credit for processing: twitter.com/CosmicSprngJWST

Source for Hubbles’. Earendel image: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-003

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