After the first color images, NASA shared Jupiter photos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope today. The photos were taken during tests before the telescope began its scientific observations.
The James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA launched into space on December 25, 2021, recently shared the first color photos with the world. Of course, these images were not actually the first images shot with Webb. Before sending these images, the James Webb Telescope test image pulled. NASA released some of those images today.
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope, taken during the test phase before the first color images Jupiter photos it happened. The photos NASA shared were photos taken during testing of Webb’s equipment. A color photograph of Jupiter was not included in the photographs.
Jupiter photos released by NASA:
The first photo we see above was taken by James Webb’s NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) tool with a 2.12 micron filter. With lines encircling Jupiter in the infrared image the famous round spot We can see that it looks bright as well. Of course, let us remind you that this blob is a storm that can swallow the Earth and has been going on for a very long time. On the left of Jupiter, we are still investigating with great interest. Europa satellite exists.
In the two pictures above, the planet with Jupiter and Europa Thebe and Metis moons we can see too. The left image shows the short wavelength measurement, while the right image shows the long wavelength. Taken with NIRCam’s 2.12 micron filter, the right image was also acquired using a 3.23 micron filter. Left image Finally, the image below was taken with a 3.23 micron filter.
James Webb also managed to capture the rings of Jupiter. It also proved that it can image faint objects next to bright objects.
A moving object was also tracked in space:
James Webb Space Telescope during testing tracking moving objects demonstrated his ability. In the motion picture above, Webb can be seen focusing and following the asteroid 6481 Tenzing.
So why do these photos look different and poor quality from previous Jupiter photos?
The photos you see above were taken by the Juno spacecraft, which was launched into Jupiter orbit in 2011. So why couldn’t James Webb take such ‘quality’ photos? This is because James Webb was developed to capture as much light as possible, and actually fulfills his mission. In fact, we briefly explained this situation in our article below:
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/07/14/webb-images-of-jupiter-and-more-now-available-in-commissioning-data/