First Pictures taken by James Webb telescope arrive on Earth

finally… all that wait is over… here come the first images of the $10 Billion telescope of almost 17 years of build time… (first design 1999, redesigned in 2005)

planned / expected mission time 10 / 20 years

GIMP color enhanced and sharpened version of https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/038/01G7JGTH21B5GN9VCYAHBXKSD1

GIMP color enhanced version of https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-reveals-cosmic-cliffs-glittering-landscape-of-star-birth

original here: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/034/01G7DA5ADA2WDSK1JJPQ0PTG4A, (150MB TIFF), full res jpg (27MBytes) here https://dwaves.de/images/JamesWebbTelescope/2022-07-JamesWebb_Telescope_STScI-01G7DAXJYYTYXCFSB8VQRK5X2F.gimp-color-enhanced.jpg

The bright star at the center of NGC 3132, while prominent when viewed by NASA’s Webb Telescope in near-infrared light, plays a supporting role in sculpting the surrounding nebula. A second star, barely visible at lower left along one of the bright star’s diffraction spikes, is the nebula’s source. It has ejected at least eight layers of gas and dust over thousands of years. https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/033/01G70BGTSYBHS69T7K3N3ASSEB

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/034/01G7DBCJA1M1SSGKDMH7F5XMBE

more pictures here: https://webbtelescope.org/news/first-images/gallery (<- for whatever reason also Hubble photos are in this gallery? (a bit confusing isn’t it?))

“James Webb Space Telescope hit by micrometeoroid”

Several thousand scientists, engineers, and technicians spanning 15 countries have contributed to the build, test and integration of the JWST.[142] (src: Wiki)

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Originally posted at: https://dwaves.de/2022/07/12/first-pictures-taken-by-james-webb-telescope-arrive-on-earth/