Titan is the only object other than Earth where liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas have actually been found (by Cassini) in its polar regions – in abundance in the north polar region and at least one of approximately 20,000 km2, called Ontario Lacus, on its south pole. Just recently, there have also been long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in Titan’s “tropics” discovered.

[–] Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Enhance!

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Looks like a blurry picture of a pug

[–] Tebbie@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if the blurriness is a resolution problem or a focus problem, since it's so close compared to what it's designed to look at.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 6 months ago

Shouldn't matter

Saturn should be far enough away that it's effectively infinite.

Here's some explanation: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/58765/how-does-the-jwst-change-focus-when-it-goes-from-looking-at-a-near-subject-to-lo

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are those nasa colors because nasa has to filter it most of the time for it to be accurate to we what the human eye would see.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Titan is pretty much yellow. JWST is an infrared telescope, so it doesn’t show the visible spectrum we see. So the colors mean something, but they don’t mean, “what humans would see when looking at it with their eyes.” There are many visible spectrum images of Titan from other sources, however.

[–] snapoff@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mid-infrared and NIR for jwst.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I see, thanks for the clarification.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wish they wouldn't waste Telescope time on nearby (relatively) objects that are not in the focal depth of a multi-million dollar space camera

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

It's science. You learn something regardless

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Titan is far enough out that focal depth doesn't really factor into it; as far as JWST is concerned it is at infinity. Which does raise the question of why it's so blurry, though

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

You know, upon further self thought, maybe nasal blurred it out because it has human settlements. 🤔