LynnS Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) This is very exciting. I can't wait to see the images released in June. New Images Released From James Webb Telescope. What Did They Find? - YouTube Edited May 16, 2022 by LynnS link didn't load Mithras and Ser Scot A Ellison 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Earendel - new discovery by Hubble visible through gravitational lensing. Potential target for James Webb Telescope. Ser Scot A Ellison 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 I can't wait for it to look at Tabby's Star and hopefully figure out once and for all what's causing the dimming. Spockydog, Ser Scot A Ellison and LynnS 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: I can't wait for it to look at Tabby's Star and hopefully figure out once and for all what's causing the dimming. Me too. Were you part of the Planet Hunters project? Tabby's Star - Wikipedia Edited May 16, 2022 by LynnS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 No, I don't have any astronomy skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Hey! You can join Zooinverse. You don't have to be an astronomer. Galaxy Zoo: Weird and Wonderful | Zooniverse - People-powered research Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 hour ago, LynnS said: Me too. Were you part of the Planet Hunters project? Tabby's Star - Wikipedia Do we know if observation of “Tabby’s Star” is on deck for the Webb? LynnS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 29 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Do we know if observation of “Tabby’s Star” is on deck for the Webb? No it doesn't seem to be. There is a YouTube channel by Becky Smethurst. Look for Dr. Becky. She is an astrophysicist who will be getting time on the JWST at some point for her research. She went through the list of the top 20 targets. LynnS, Inkdaub and Larry of the Lawn 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corvinus85 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 11:02 AM, maarsen said: No it doesn't seem to be. There is a YouTube channel by Becky Smethurst. Look for Dr. Becky. She is an astrophysicist who will be getting time on the JWST at some point for her research. She went through the list of the top 20 targets. According to this article https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-first-science-observations-secret the very first target is being kept secret. Dr. Becky mentioned in one of her videos that 286 proposals were accepted for JW projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loge Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 6:02 PM, maarsen said: No it doesn't seem to be. There is a YouTube channel by Becky Smethurst. Look for Dr. Becky. She is an astrophysicist who will be getting time on the JWST at some point for her research. She went through the list of the top 20 targets. The hype about KIC 8462852 "Tabby's Star" has ebbed a bit. It can be observed from the ground and has been, but no spectacular dimmings have been observed since the end of the Kepler mission. There has been a number of small ones, but those can be explained by dust. LynnS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 49 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: According to this article https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-first-science-observations-secret the very first target is being kept secret. Giant space brain. LynnS and Corvinus85 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Lots of interesting stuff, including links to citizen science projects, at NASA/Zooinverse. The image galleries for JWST are really great. James Webb Space Telescope | NASA Participate with NASA Solve | NASA Edited May 26, 2022 by LynnS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 First full color images to be released July 12! First Images From NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Coming Soon | NASA Spockydog and Corvinus85 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 This looks like a candidate: Red Rectangle Nebula - Wikipedia 8e3e5729d8fc2715bd6c184e99a122be.jpg (1000×563) (seoulkaas.org) Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/8/23160209/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-meteor-strike-impact Quote NASA’s new powerful space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, got pelted by a larger than expected micrometeoroid at the end of May, causing some detectable damage to one of the spacecraft’s 18 primary mirror segments. The impact means that the mission team will have to correct for the distortion created by the strike, but NASA says that the telescope is “still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements.” Please let this continue to be a good thing in what has been shaping out to be a shitty year. JGP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/8/23160209/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-meteor-strike-impact Please let this continue to be a good thing in what has been shaping out to be a shitty year. Oh Damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 Webb: Engineered to withstand micrometeor impact. Quote Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft, which routinely sustain many impacts over the course of long and productive science missions in space. Between May 23 and 25, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope sustained an impact to one of its primary mirror segments. After initial assessments, the team found the telescope is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements despite a marginally detectable effect in the data. Thorough analysis and measurements are ongoing. Impacts will continue to occur throughout the entirety of Webb’s lifetime in space; such events were anticipated when building and testing the mirror on the ground. After a successful launch, deployment, and telescope alignment, Webb’s beginning-of-life performance is still well above expectations, and the observatory is fully capable of performing the science it was designed to achieve. https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/ Corvinus85 and Inkdaub 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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