From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Over 45,000 galaxies are visible in this recent image from JWST’s Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, captured with the Near-Infrared Camera. If it has diffraction spikes it’s a star. Otherwise, it’s a galaxy! Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, B. Robertson (UCSC), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), M. Rieke (U. Arizona), D. Eisenstein (CfA) Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)