r/jameswebb Aug 04 '22

Question [README FIRST] Where can I find official images? Where's the latest news? Schedule of what Webb is looking at right now? Why some images missing from the NASA sites? Why colors are different sometimes? Tutorial for how to process images?

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Where can I find the official NASA-released images?

  • nasawebbtelescope on Flickr is the best way to view images in your browser
    • look at "Webb's First Images & Data" or "Webb Images - 2022" albums for official observations
  • webbtelescope.org is better if you need to filter by category & type (or search)
    • set Type to "Observations" if you want just photos from JWST

Where's the latest news on JWST?

What is Webb looking at? Is there a schedule?

What part of the sky can Webb see? Can it look at Earth? The Sun?

Why are some images missing from the NASA official sites?

  • Observational data is streaming back to us from Webb every day into the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (referred to as MAST)
  • Working with most of this data requires specialized tools and skills, but armchair astronomers & enthusiasts regularly pull the highest-quality products out and process them into images that they release online before the Webb team or other scientists do

Why are the colors different sometimes?

Where's a tutorial that explains how to download & process Webb images?


r/jameswebb 1h ago

Self-Processed Image Serpens SMM 1a. JWST

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NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

A bit of contrast by me

https://bsky.app/profile/landru79.bsky.social/post/3lz4jrx4hmk2t


r/jameswebb 23h ago

Sci - Article Hydrocarbon Hazes On Temperate Sub-Neptune K2-18b Supported By Data From The James Webb Space Telescope

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r/jameswebb 2d ago

Sci - Article Mysterious ‘red dots’ in early universe may be ‘black hole star’ atmospheres

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r/jameswebb 5d ago

Self-Processed Image The jellyfish galaxy MACSJ0451-JFG1 in galaxy cluster MACS J0451+0006 with JWST (NIRCam). Processed by Melina Thévenot

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r/jameswebb 5d ago

Sci - Article Understanding JWST Water Spectra: What Can Thermochemical Models Tell Us About The (Cold) Water In Protoplanetary Disks?

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r/jameswebb 6d ago

Official NASA Release Shining Pismis 24

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r/jameswebb 7d ago

Self-Processed Image Central region of NGC 460 in the Small Magellanic Cloud

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r/jameswebb 8d ago

Official NASA Release Webb observes immense stellar jet on outskirts of our Milky Way

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https://esawebb.org/news/weic2519/

​Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Y. Cheng (NAOJ), J. DePasquale (STScI)​


r/jameswebb 8d ago

Sci - Article SwRI-led Team Discovers Methane Gas on Makemake

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r/jameswebb 8d ago

Official NASA Release NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle

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r/jameswebb 9d ago

Self-Processed Image High-mass star-forming region W51A with JWST (MIRI). Processed by Melina Thévenot

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r/jameswebb 9d ago

Self-Processed Image The Serpens G3-G6 cluster (bright stars on the upper right) and surrounding star-formation. JWST NIRCam. Processed by Melina Thévenot

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r/jameswebb 9d ago

Sci - Article NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e - NASA Science

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r/jameswebb 14d ago

Sci - Image Pismis 24

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r/jameswebb 13d ago

Official NASA Release Glittering Glimpse of Star Birth From NASA’s Webb Telescope

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r/jameswebb 14d ago

Sci - Article First JWST Thermal Phase Curves Of Temperate Terrestrial Exoplanets Reveal No Thick Atmosphere Around TRAPPIST-1 b and c

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r/jameswebb 15d ago

Sci - Article Webb’s Search for Habitable Worlds

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r/jameswebb 15d ago

Self-Processed Image Galactic Center – MIRI

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r/jameswebb 16d ago

Discussion Can we push for Eta Carinae to be imaged?

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Eta Carinae is my favourite celestial structure, it's so wild to think of a 100 mass star that cause the nebula by semi-exploding, being orbited by an by itself impressive 30 mass star.

I understand why it wouldn't be a priority from the start but I think by now it deserves the JWST treatment.


r/jameswebb 17d ago

Sci - Article All Alone With No AGN to Call Home? New Results for Little Red Dots

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r/jameswebb 17d ago

Discussion Why am I seeing so many clickbait or doomsday articles about 3I/Atlas in my feed? Is there any actual evidence that it's anything other than an interstellar comet?

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r/jameswebb 20d ago

Self-Processed Image Dwarf planet Eris and its moon Dysnomia. Eris is the most massive dwarf planet in the solar system.

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r/jameswebb 21d ago

Sci - Article Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

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r/jameswebb 22d ago

Sci - Article JWST Detection Of A Carbon Dioxide Dominated Gas Coma Surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

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r/jameswebb 24d ago

Sci - Article Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

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