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Jupiter always appears to shine, even when looking sideways in unprocessed data. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently captured stunning images of Jupiter appearing to glow beautifully.
Astronomers are busy researching new data from JWST as part of an effort to find and research distant galaxies. But this observatory seems to want to study first many objects closer to Earth.
Among the sighting targets was Jupiter. NASA released some early JWST images of this massive planet on July 14. But the James Webb Telescope revisited the planet due to a research program to demonstrate the potential of JWST studying our Solar System and the distant universe.
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And that potential is shown in a raw image taken by the telescope’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument on July 27, 2022. The image highlights a major storm. Jupiterthe famous Great Red Spot, as well as “bands” in the planet’s atmosphere.
The images, along with other Webb observations, are designed to help scientists understand the atmosphere, tackle tasks such as characterizing its structure and thermal layers, and studying phenomena such as winds and auroras.
To create this new image, NIRCam “stared” at Jupiter for almost 11 minutes using the F212N filter which observes light with a wavelength of 2.12 microns (about the size of a bacterium). This filter has a special place in the observatory because scientists can use its data to study molecular hydrogen.
According to an initial schedule released by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Maryland, which operates JWST, the observatory’s targets for next week include Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, the massive asteroid Hygeia and the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.
However, the observation schedule is always subject to change. In addition, not all data JWST published soon. For most of their observations, the scientists who requested the data were granted special access for one year to facilitate their analysis.
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