The first full color image of the Weber Space Telescope is announced, 4.6 billion light years from the earth

Jimu Journalist Hu Li

According to CNN 12, on the 11th local time, the US President Biden released the first photo taken by Weber Space Telescope: the galaxy group SMACS 0723. It contains thousands of galaxies, 4.6 billion light years from Earth, and is the deepest image of the universe taken so far.

Photos taken by Weber (picture source: CNN)

Nilson, director of NASA (NASA), said: "This is the deepest image of the universe that has been taken so far, and some of the distant galaxies and stars have never seen before."

The image was synthesized by the Weber telescope near the infrared camera for 12.5 hours. After Biden announced the first full -color photo, NASA will officially announce the first batch of full -color photos on July 12. The person in charge of NASA promises that these images will reveal the "unprecedented" details of the "unprecedented" details of the universe's deepest areas.

According to the US media, the release of the photo of the galaxy group SMACS 0723 highlights the scientific ability of the Weber telescope and its ability to take spectacular images.

It is reported that the cost of Weber telescope is 10 billion US dollars, which is the largest and most functional space telescope built by NASA to date. The quality of the Weber telescope is 6.2 tons, and its main mirror diameter is as high as 6.5 meters. It is a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Astronautics Agency, and the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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