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I made this page (posted in another thread yesterday) because I was rather underwhelmed by the .gif. I think the page shows in much better detail the difference between the telescopes' capabilities.

https://blog.wolfd.me/hubble-jwst/

(If you're on mobile, you should be able to zoom in and still use the slider)

This is really awesome. Thank you!

damn, this is really awesome!!

Interested in adding the Carina Nebula comparison? I'm crop-aligning the full resolution images rn and will have them in a bit

Edit: btw you should add the ability to zoom on desktop too. Would make it a lot easier to see the massive difference between the two

Great stuff!

Here's another tool with all 4 photos:

https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/

The additional detail of the red spiral galaxy around 12:30 is stark by comparison to others. Any ideas on why?

The reddest objects in the JWST are frequently not even present in the Hubble image, as they were redshifted into a band of light Hubble couldn't even detect. That's my favorite part about this image - those galaxies we can now see which were previously redshifted beyond our capacity to detect. They're the oldest, and receding from us the fastest.