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I can't help but be a little sad. JWST will be an incredible tool for scientific discovery, but its sensitivity range means it will never produce the kind of compelling imagery that Hubble did. Those pictures played a role in inspiring many of the people in the field today.

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I would not be so sure about that. Many (most) astronomy photos are false color photos from quite different wavelength regions (often several different overlayed ones). So I do expect some fascinating images to come out of jwb as well.

Exactly this. Just google "infrared images of space", it's all false colors but still incredible pictures.

Fascinating, sure, but Hubble has almost six times the frequency range of Webb. In terms of magnification and dust penetration Webb is leagues ahead, but for a given magnification Hubble just sees a wider variety of stuff.

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