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B&W HST IMAGE SMACS0723
https://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/relics/color_images/smacs0723-73.html
CREDIT: SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Late final night time through Twitter and a NASA e-mail to the media, it was introduced that, “Monday, July 11, 5 p.m. – President Joe Biden will launch one in every of Webb’s first pictures in a preview occasion on the White Home in Washington. NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson will present remarks. A dwell stream of the occasion might be accessible on NASA TV https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public . The picture might be accessible concurrently on NASA’s web site https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages. ”
In one other Tweet, Jackie McGuinness, NASA Press Secretary https://www.nasa.gov/characteristic/jackie-mcguinness-press-secretary/ revealed that, “Webb’s First Deep Subject would be the deepest and sharpest infrared picture of the distant universe ever captured.”
As I beforehand reported https://wtop.com/science/2022/07/groundbreaking-photos-from-webb-telescope-coming-july-12/ July twelfth, 10:30 a.m. EDT, was going to be the discharge date for the historic pictures from JWST. On July eighth, NASA launched their id https://www.nasa.gov/characteristic/goddard/2022/nasa-shares-list-of-cosmic-targets-for-webb-telescope-s-first-images :
Carina Nebula. The Carina Nebula is among the largest and brightest nebulae within the sky, positioned roughly 7,600 light-years away within the southern constellation Carina. Nebulae are stellar nurseries the place stars type. The Carina Nebula is dwelling to many huge stars, a number of occasions bigger than the Solar.
WASP-96 b (spectrum). WASP-96 b is a huge planet outdoors our photo voltaic system, composed primarily of gasoline. The planet, positioned almost 1,150 light-years from Earth, orbits its star each 3.4 days. It has about half the mass of Jupiter, and its discovery was introduced in 2014.
Southern Ring Nebula. The Southern Ring, or “Eight-Burst” nebula, is a planetary nebula – an increasing cloud of gasoline, surrounding a dying star. It’s almost half a light-year in diameter and is positioned roughly 2,000 gentle years away from Earth.
Stephan’s Quintet: About 290 million light-years away, Stephan’s Quintet is positioned within the constellation Pegasus. It’s notable for being the primary compact galaxy group ever found in 1877. 4 of the 5 galaxies inside the quintet are locked in a cosmic dance of repeated shut encounters.
SMACS 0723: Huge foreground galaxy clusters amplify and deform the sunshine of objects behind them, allowing a deep subject view into each the extraordinarily distant and intrinsically faint galaxy populations.
It’s this final picture that might be introduced by the White Home and with good cause as will probably be humanity’s deepest view of the Universe up to now. In accordance with The Heart for Astrophysics, SMACS is an astronomy acronym for Streaming Motions of Abel Clusters https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~gpetitpas/Hyperlinks/Astroacro.html . UCLA astronomer George O. Abell revealed a 1958 seminal paper https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1999ApJ…525C.873B about clusters of galaxies – big buildings that dominate areas of area as a consequence of their cumulative gravity. SMACS 0723 is a recognized gravitational lens https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-watches-cosmic-light-bend attributable to the large galaxy cluster that permits JWST to picture far past the galaxy cluster itself.
Hubble Area Telescope (HST) has additionally taken deep subject pictures of the early Universe https://www.nasa.gov/content material/discoveries-hubbles-deep-fields and right now’s launched JWST picture is anticipated to point out the Universe as we’ve got by no means seen it earlier than.
On the White Home President Biden and Vice President Harris might be briefed on the JWST picture by NASA officers with the picture being launched https://www.whitehouse.gov/dwell/ .
Within the area age Presidents have made historic speeches and bulletins about area. There was President Kennedy’s “We selected to go to the Moon” speech in 1962 that set America on the trail of Apollo to the primary lunar touchdown https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm . In 1969 President Nixon talked to Armstrong and Aldrin whereas they have been on the Moon after their historic touchdown https://www.archives.gov/displays/american_originals/apollo11.html . 1986 noticed President Reagan main the Nation in mourning the Challenger Astronauts https://historical past.nasa.gov/reagan12886.html . President Clinton made a speech in 1996 https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/clinton.html a couple of meteorite from Mars that scientists had claimed might present proof of life on the Crimson Planet https://www.area.com/33690-allen-hills-mars-meteorite-alien-life-20-years.html . Segments of Clinton’s speech have been used within the 1997 film “Contact” https://www.imdb.com/information/ni60862315 .
This occasion might be historic too because it marks the second when humanity’s understanding of the Universe was modified by the lengthy awaited James Webb Area Telescope. For the following 20 years JWST will see the Universe as we by no means have earlier than and because of this the astronomy textbooks should be up to date. What we’ll see will embrace new views of the acquainted reminiscent of our personal galaxy, photo voltaic system and recognized astronomical objects. However the very first stars and galaxies to type await discovery as does that which we don’t even learn about.
The period of JWST has begun…….you should definitely tune in July twelfth, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, for the discharge of the opposite JWST pictures.
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