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nasawebb on Instagram: "PSA: Cosmic objects aren’t gifts! 🎁🚫Be sure to consider an object's size, weight, temperament, and lifespan before gifting it thi…" PSA: Cosmic objects aren’t gifts! 🎁🚫Be sure to consider an object's size, weight, temperament, and lifespan before gifting it this holiday season. Image descriptions: Image 1: Text reads:“I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 100,000 year-old unstable, small, hot, puffy clump of gas. It will be a long time before I become a full-fledged star. Please think hard before gifting a protostar this Christmas.” The background image shows Webb’s view of forming protostar L1527 surrounded by a large hourglass-shaped nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScIImage 2: Text reads: “I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am an invisible, time-altering, light-bending, super-strong gravity trap capable of releasing more energy than a billion Suns combined. Please think hard before gifting a black hole this Christmas.” The background image shows an artist concept of a black hole. Credit: Artist's Concept. NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)Image 3: Text reads: “I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am a hat-shaped galaxy 30 million light-years away with the mass of 800 billion Suns. Please think hard before gifting a spiral galaxy this Christmas.” The background image shows Webb’s view of the Sombrero Galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Image 4: Text reads: “I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am remnants of gas and dust ejected from a star like our Sun at the end of its life. I will only live 10,000–50,000 years. Please think hard before gifting a planetary nebula this Christmas.” The background image shows Webb’s view of a planetary nebula with two rings. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, Caltech, UCLA, Michael Ressler (NASA-JPL), Dave Jones (IAC)Image 5: Text reads: “I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am a pair of baby stars. While that may sound cute, I mostly gobble up and spit out the material around me. Really a huge hassle. Please think hard before gifting baby stars this Christmas.” In the background is Webb's view of Herbig-Haro 46/47. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA. Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)Image descriptions continued in comments. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnPXo0j-Rp/?img_index=1