JWST's first images

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JWST's first images

Post #1by SevenSpheres » 11.07.2022, 22:46

The first (non-calibration) image from the James Webb Space Telescope has been released, showing the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.
See https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages

SMACS 0723.png

Additional images will be released in under 24 hours.
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Post #2by SevenSpheres » 12.07.2022, 15:50

WASP-96b spectrum:
WASP-96b.png

NGC 3132 / Southern Ring Nebula / Eight-Burst Nebula in near- and mid-infrared:
NGC 3132.png

Stephan's Quintet:
Stephan's Quintet.png

Part of the Carina Nebula:
Carina Nebula.png

All images can be found here: https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images

There are some more pictures in this pdf, including infrared Jupiter.
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Post #3by Anthony_B_Russo10 » 12.07.2022, 22:31

And for the images: a tool that compares the Webb images to images to the Hubble images of the same objects: https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/

Edit: The first image is not aligned perfectly.
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JWST's first images

Post #4by trappistplanets » 13.07.2022, 12:14

Anthony_B_Russo10 wrote:And for the images: a tool that compares the Webb images to images to the Hubble images of the same objects: https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/
stacked together the JWST and hubble images of the quintet from that tool in gimp

its such eye-candy, best time to be alive right now for space exploration
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its just truly remarkable at what JWST can do, it can spot Thebe, Metis, jupiter's rings, and even this little young galaxy (from deep field image)
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