Webb Telescope Zoom in Video of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

This zoom-in video shows the relative location of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo by the late astrophotographer Akira Fujii. As it zooms into smaller portions of the sky, it fades into an image from the Digital Sky Survey. It ends by crossfading into an image of Cas A from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, with added borders from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI). Acknowledgment: Akira Fujii, David Malin, Digitized Sky Survey

The Hubble Space Telescope is a collaboration between ESA and NASA. It's a long-term, space-based observatory. The observations are carried out in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. In many ways Hubble has revolutionised modern astronomy, by not only being an efficient tool for making new discoveries, but also by driving astronomical research in general.

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the next great space science observatory, designed to answer outstanding questions about the Universe and to make breakthrough discoveries in all fields of astronomy. It is a once-in-a-generation mission.