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James Webb Space Telescope first official release (self.Blind)
submitted by muggledave
Not counting what has been shared during the calibration process, the JWST team made the first image from the telescope public today. I was looking for a high res version of the image to download, when i found an official NASA-written text description released along with the image.
In case anyone was interested, i wanted to share what i found. The URL at the bottom links to the image gallery, and most if not all of them have official written text descriptions as downloadable pdfs
Webb’s First Deep Field
(NIRCam Image)
Extended Description
This image shows many overlapping objects at various distances. They include foreground stars, galaxies in a galaxy cluster, and distorted background galaxies behind the galaxy cluster.
The background of space is black. Thousands of small galaxies appear across the image. Their colors vary. Some are shades of orange, others are white. Most appear as fuzzy ovals, but a few have
distinctive spiral arms.
In front of the galaxies are several foreground stars. Most appear blue with diffraction spikes, forming eight-pointed star shapes. Some look as large as the galaxies that appear next to them.
A very bright star is slightly off center. It has eight blue, long diffraction spikes. In the center of the image, between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in the bright star’s spikes, are several bright, white galaxies.
These are members of the galaxy cluster.
There are also many thin, long, orange arcs. They follow invisible concentric circles that curve around the center of the image. These are images of background galaxies that have been stretched and
distorted by the foreground galaxy cluster.
Alt-Text
Thousands of small galaxies appear across this view. Their colors vary. Some are shades of orange, while others are white. Most appear as fuzzy ovals, but a few have distinct spiral arms. In front of the galaxies
are several foreground stars. Most appear blue, and the bright stars have diffraction spikes, forming an eight-pointed star shape. There are also many thin, long, orange arcs that curve around the center of
the image.
Url:
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/038/01G7JGTH21B5GN9VCYAHBXKSD1
In case anyone was interested, i wanted to share what i found. The URL at the bottom links to the image gallery, and most if not all of them have official written text descriptions as downloadable pdfs
Webb’s First Deep Field
(NIRCam Image)
Extended Description
This image shows many overlapping objects at various distances. They include foreground stars, galaxies in a galaxy cluster, and distorted background galaxies behind the galaxy cluster.
The background of space is black. Thousands of small galaxies appear across the image. Their colors vary. Some are shades of orange, others are white. Most appear as fuzzy ovals, but a few have
distinctive spiral arms.
In front of the galaxies are several foreground stars. Most appear blue with diffraction spikes, forming eight-pointed star shapes. Some look as large as the galaxies that appear next to them.
A very bright star is slightly off center. It has eight blue, long diffraction spikes. In the center of the image, between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in the bright star’s spikes, are several bright, white galaxies.
These are members of the galaxy cluster.
There are also many thin, long, orange arcs. They follow invisible concentric circles that curve around the center of the image. These are images of background galaxies that have been stretched and
distorted by the foreground galaxy cluster.
Alt-Text
Thousands of small galaxies appear across this view. Their colors vary. Some are shades of orange, while others are white. Most appear as fuzzy ovals, but a few have distinct spiral arms. In front of the galaxies
are several foreground stars. Most appear blue, and the bright stars have diffraction spikes, forming an eight-pointed star shape. There are also many thin, long, orange arcs that curve around the center of
the image.
Url:
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/038/01G7JGTH21B5GN9VCYAHBXKSD1
yanzov 6 points 1y ago
Honestly this description is much better than actually seeing this image, which to me, without context, meant nothing. Thank you :)
PungentMushrooms 5 points 1y ago
thank you for sharing this. Was really curious about these photos
SiriuslyGranger 1 points 11m ago
Can you describe it with a bit more context it’s a bit hard to understand it.
rumster 1 points 1y ago
Thank you for describing the image. Can you please do this tomorrow as well when the other images are released.
muggledave [OP] 6 points 1y ago
I will post the descriptions tomorrow, a they seem to be released alongside the downloadable image files.
There may be a large number of them though. In that case, was nasa's gallery page accessible? They will likely be posted in the gallery i linked to, or one just like it.
There may be a large number of them though. In that case, was nasa's gallery page accessible? They will likely be posted in the gallery i linked to, or one just like it.
rumster 2 points 1y ago
They are 508 complient
CloudyBeep 2 points 1y ago
Someone didn't read the post thoroughly enough.
rumster 0 points 1y ago
I did I see his alt description. :D There is a bunch of photos coming out
CloudyBeep 1 points 1y ago
They're not his descriptions.
rumster 1 points 1y ago
I know they are from the website. :D I just didn't go to it.
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