The NASA James Webb Space Telescope will soon release its first full-color images, as well as spectroscopic data. This has been confirmed after the international space agency announced the list of JWST's cosmic targets.
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A woman stands near a model of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on April 2, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ JIM WATSON
The detailed space images will be published in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that images would be released during its upcoming live broadcast, which is scheduled for July 12 at exactly 10:30 a.m. EDT.
NASA James Webb's Cosmic Target List Revealed!
According to NASA's official blog post, the upcoming full-color space images and spectroscopic data will be released via its official website and social media accounts.
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Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image of the "Keyhole Nebula," obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The picture is a montage assembled from four different April 1999 telescope pointings with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.
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"They were selected by an international committee of representatives from NASA, ESA, CSA, and the Space Telescope Science Institute," said the international space union.
Once these photos are published, they will mark the actual start of JWST's science operations. NASA already hinted at the arrival of these very detailed space images.
Futurism reported that a calibration test image generated for 32 hours with 72 exposures was released by NASA. Experts described the photo as among the deepest images of the universe captured by the space agency.
Since this is a test image, you can expect more detailed and colorized images once NASA publishes the first full-color photos captured by JWST.
JWST's Cosmic Targets
The new cosmic target list of NASA's JWST offers all the space objects captured by the giant space telescope. Here are the exact heavenly bodies you can see in the telescope's first colorized photos:
Southern Ring Nebula
- Also known as the "Eight-Burst" nebula, this expanding gas from a dying star is around 2,000 light-years away from Earth.
Carina Nebula
- The image of the Carina Nebula is one of the photos you need to look forward to since it is the brightest nebulae in the sky.
WASP-96 b
- WASP-96 b is a giant exoplanet floating outside the solar system. It is roughly 1,150 light-years away from Earth, orbiting its center star every 3.4 days. When it comes to size, this space object is half of Jupiter's mass.
Aside from these three, NASA will also release the full-color images of SMACS 0723, as well as Stephan's Quintet. If you want to see more details about them, you can visit this link.
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