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by perryizgr8 1343 days ago
The hubble image looks much more aesthetically pleasing, even though it clearly has less detail.
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Actually Webb has marginally less resolution than Hubble. Even though Webb is significantly larger the wavelength used is significantly longer resulting in a resolution that is approximately half that of Hubble.

Of course the electronics are better so some of the image capturing is better but the resolution is not.

I would like to see Webb’s photo without so much lens flare on individual stars (not sure if that’s the right term). Just kind of toned down stars but the same level of detail.