800,000,000,000 Stars

 

(Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI )

In the image above, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captures the Sombrero galaxy in near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths. This galaxy is estimated to have approximately 800,000,000,000 stars.

The image above compares the galaxy in infrared and visible wavelengths. 

Read more from the JWST imaging of the Sombrero galaxy at: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-sees-sombrero-galaxy-in-near-infrared/

Prior posts on JWST:

Number of planets in the universe:

https://jamesmacmath.blogspot.com/2022/01/number-of-planets-in-universe.html

Earliest star formation:

https://jamesmacmath.blogspot.com/2025/05/jwst-detects-earliest-formed-galaxies.html

Top ten JWST photographs:

https://jamesmacmath.blogspot.com/2024/07/top-ten-photographs-of-james-webb.html