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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I guess I just don’t understand what was expected.
It’s a higher resolution, deeper looking, telescope. The images are going to be of stars, galaxies, nebula, dust clouds… they aren’t going to find brand new things that will visually shock you. It’s mostly going to be data driven, based on the infrared ability of the telescope. .
Also, I keep seeing this said, but they aren’t going to have surface pictures of exoplanets… that isn’t a capability it has. But they just said they detected water vapour in an exoplanet the size of Jupiter… so that is pretty awesome.
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Well prior to releasing the photo, astronomers were talking about being moved to tears. I was expecting to have an emotional reaction. I didn't. I was just like, "neat, I guess." I think the main problem for me is I don't have the proper frame of reference to appreciate what I'm seeing. These truly look like things I've seen before.
Not trying to #### on the thread, but I was expecting them to unveil a discovery that would surprise or impress me. OutoftheCube saying it's just a PS5 upscaled view of what we've seen before nails it. Probably why I haven't bothered buying a PS5 yet. It's just not impressive enough for me over the PS4. Yeah, I can clearly see it's better, but not enough to move me at all.
What would have been better? A new discovery a layman could appreciate. A discovery that would change our perception of our place in the universe. I'm not seeing that here. Again, I'm seeing what I already knew - or assumed - was out there.