Just a few more day and partners in The project revealed the first full color images and spectral data captured by the observatory. The agency has shed more light on what to expect by revealing a preliminary list of JWST’s cosmic destinations.
One of them is the Carina Nebula, which is about 7,600 light-years away. NASA says it is one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky and contains stars several times larger than the Sun. Another nebula that the telescope has captured is the Southern Ring. It is about 2,000 light years from Earth and is a planetary nebula – a cloud of gas expanding around a dying star.
Closer to home is the gas planet WASP-96 b, which is about 1,150 light-years away and has about half the mass of Jupiter. NASA will provide a view of the planet’s spectroscopic data. Much further from here is Stephan’s Quintet, which is about 290 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It is the first compact galaxy cluster discovered since 1877. It consists of five galaxies, four of which are “stuck in the cosmic dance of frequent close encounters.”
Also on Tuesday, NASA, Dan This will reveal an image of SMACS 0723. “The large cluster of galaxies in the foreground amplifies and distorts the light of objects in the background, allowing a deep-field view of very distant and intrinsically weak clusters of galaxies.”
A panel of experts from NASA, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Institute for Space Telescope Science spent five years identifying the first targets for the Webb instrument. The full color image and spectral data captured by JSWT will be revealed . You will be able to watch it .
This is an important step for JWST as it marks the official start of the observatory’s general science operations. Its goal is to provide us with more detailed images and information about the oldest stars and galaxies as well as potentially habitable exoplanets. JWST took several months to reach its goal and for full operation. We’re very close to finding out what the observatory can do.
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