Hubble and Webb’s Views of NGC 346

This video features two views of NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies. The first image shown is from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which is followed by a new image of the object by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

NCG 346 is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy close to our Milky Way.

Credit:
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI), A. James (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
Music: Stellardrone – The Night Sky in Motion

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Remarkable images from Hubble and Webb.

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The Hubble image, showing the blue reflection nebula, is what you actually SEE when you look at it through a giant telescope. The Webb image is of course "fake colour", in the sense that it is infrared that has been shown in a visible colour.