Nasa S James Webb Space Telescope Here S What You Ll See In The First Images

JWST is the long-awaited successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that finally launched on Christmas Day after years of delays. On Friday, NASA revealed the list of cosmic objects JWST will target for its first batch of color images that offer unprecedented and detailed views of deep space. If the telescope’s stunning first test image is any indication, it’ll be as good as any Instagram feed out there. Targets include the Carina Nebula and the Southern Ring Nebula, which are bright regions of gas and other material. The Carina Nebula (pictured above) is a so-called stellar nursery where stars form, and it’s packed with massive stars that help make it one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky. The Southern Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula — in this case, a wide cloud of gas half a light-year in diameter surrounding a dying star — and relatively close on a cosmic scale, just 2,000 light-years away. The Southern Ring Nebula is also known as the “Eight Burst” Nebula because it appears to be a figure-8 when viewed through some telescopes. NASA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA) Two other targets we’ll see in fantastic high resolution next week are Stephan’s Quintet, a particularly photogenic group of galaxies that seem to dance around each other for eternity, and SMACS 0723, which is a massive galaxy cluster which can act as a so-called gravitational lens to help scientists see deeper into space and observe fainter galaxies. This galaxy quintet consists of four galaxies that are actually close to each other and a fifth that appears close but is actually in the foreground and much closer to Earth. NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO team JWST is also taking a look at the planet WASP-96b, a gas giant world about half the mass of Jupiter and located 1,150 light-years from Earth. The powerful new instruments on the space telescope should be able to provide new insights into the composition of the planet’s atmosphere and a fun teaser of what we’ll soon discover about other exoplanets, including those more Earth-like.
The images that the spacecraft will reveal on July 12 are just the beginning. Scientists have applied to use the telescope through a competitive process, and the first year of observations is already planned. It is very likely that JWST will change our view of certain aspects of the universe in the coming months and years.

title: “Nasa S James Webb Space Telescope Here S What You Ll See In The First Images " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “Dana Gonzales”

JWST is the long-awaited successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that finally launched on Christmas Day after years of delays. On Friday, NASA revealed the list of cosmic objects JWST will target for its first batch of color images that offer unprecedented and detailed views of deep space. If the telescope’s stunning first test image is any indication, it’ll be as good as any Instagram feed out there. Targets include the Carina Nebula and the Southern Ring Nebula, which are bright regions of gas and other material. The Carina Nebula (pictured above) is a so-called stellar nursery where stars form, and it’s packed with massive stars that help make it one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky. The Southern Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula — in this case, a wide cloud of gas half a light-year in diameter surrounding a dying star — and relatively close on a cosmic scale, just 2,000 light-years away. The Southern Ring Nebula is also known as the “Eight Burst” Nebula because it appears to be a figure-8 when viewed through some telescopes. NASA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA) Two other targets we’ll see in fantastic high resolution next week are Stephan’s Quintet, a particularly photogenic group of galaxies that seem to dance around each other for eternity, and SMACS 0723, which is a massive galaxy cluster which can act as a so-called gravitational lens to help scientists see deeper into space and observe fainter galaxies. This galaxy quintet consists of four galaxies that are actually close to each other and a fifth that appears close but is actually in the foreground and much closer to Earth. NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO team JWST is also taking a look at the planet WASP-96b, a gas giant world about half the mass of Jupiter and located 1,150 light-years from Earth. The powerful new instruments on the space telescope should be able to provide new insights into the composition of the planet’s atmosphere and a fun teaser of what we’ll soon discover about other exoplanets, including those more Earth-like.
The images that the spacecraft will reveal on July 12 are just the beginning. Scientists have applied to use the telescope through a competitive process, and the first year of observations is already planned. It is very likely that JWST will change our view of certain aspects of the universe in the coming months and years.