Starship Asterisk*

there are many planes in The Pillars' cloudscape…
but it looks like there are some close lamp–object pairs too:
[attachment=0]Pillars of Creation Webb 2 4.jpg[/attachment]

APOD clipped a ghostly capuchin:[attachment=0]Pillars of Creation Webb 2 3.jpg[/attachment]

[quote=poogs post_id=327600 time=1670313003 user_id=143886]
What is the cause of the dark spots in the centre of the nearer stars ? Is it an optical, electronic or software effect ?
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It is a consequence of the post processing pipeline and how a baseline zero value is established. Saturated pixels (which contain limited information on actual intensity) are rendered black. This is useful when you're analyzing an image scientifically, but most processors going for an aesthetic result replace them with white.

I wonder if the exposed dusty wisps are accelerated like solar sails, if these are two stages of their movement and evaporation:
[float=left][attachment=1]Pillars of Creation Webb 2 1.jpg[/attachment][/float][float=right][attachment=2]Pillars of Creation Webb 2 2.jpg[/attachment][/float][attachment=0]Pillars of Creation Webb 2..jpg[/attachment]

[quote=Ann post_id=327598 time=1670305358 user_id=129702]
[float=left][img3="The Pillars of Creation by JWST. SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)"]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Pillars_of_Creation_%28NIRCam_Image%29.jpg/519px-Pillars_of_Creation_%28NIRCam_Image%29.jpg?20221019202730[/img3][/float][float=right][img3="The bottom pillar of the Pillars of Creation. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç"]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2212/M16Pillar_WebbOzsarac_960.jpg[/img3][/float]
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It's the bottom pillar! :yes:

Ann
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Thanks. I was having trouble placing it in the larger Pillars of Creation pic because I was fixated on the top three pillars and really didn't even consider that one much lower down!

[quote=poogs post_id=327600 time=1670313003 user_id=143886]
What is the cause of the dark spots in the centre of the nearer stars ? Is it an optical, electronic or software effect ?
[/quote]

It is a characteristic of digital photography of very bright sources.

What is the cause of the dark spots in the centre of the nearer stars ? Is it an optical, electronic or software effect ?

[float=left][img3="The Pillars of Creation by JWST. SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)"]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Pillars_of_Creation_%28NIRCam_Image%29.jpg/519px-Pillars_of_Creation_%28NIRCam_Image%29.jpg?20221019202730[/img3][/float][float=right][img3="The bottom pillar of the Pillars of Creation. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç"]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2212/M16Pillar_WebbOzsarac_960.jpg[/img3][/float]
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It's the bottom pillar! :yes:

Ann

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