{"id":545,"date":"2022-07-14T23:19:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2022-07-14T23:19:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:19:51","slug":"nasa-has-released-the-first-images-of-james-webb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/14\/nasa-has-released-the-first-images-of-james-webb\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasa has released the first images of James Webb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launching and history of the project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>James was launched on Christmas Day 2021 in France to be precise in Kourou :D, and yes I was there&#8230; I was not with my family this time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20211225_122035392.LS_exported_21732-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" width=\"482\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20211225_122035392.LS_exported_21732-1-edited.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20211225_122035392.LS_exported_21732-1-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20211225_122035392.LS_exported_21732-1-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20211225_122035392.LS_exported_21732-1-edited-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>JWST is a space telescope serving as an observatory operating mainly in the infrared, developed by NASA with the participation of the European Space Agency (ESA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JWST is designed to continue the work of the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/WrOv7Oj8SpIUyvMz6p\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <meta charset=\"utf-8\">telescope carries four instruments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The NIRCam camera operating in the near infrared.<\/li><li>The MIRI spectro-imager in the medium infrared.<\/li><li>The NIRSpec spectrograph in the near infrared.<\/li><li>The NIRISS spectro-imager, also in the near infrared.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/Y3ud1WEkOgnao\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These instruments will be used to deepen our knowledge in the main fields of astronomy : Period of reionization and formation of the first stars and galaxies after the Big Bang, formation and evolution of planetary processions and composition of the atmosphere of exoplanets.<br><br>Work on the JWST began in 1989, its manufacturing cost, which was estimated at 3 billion US dollars at the end of the general design phase in 2005, finally reached around 10 billion US dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/6PIJZYoO6YVbEhVtlF\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Webb unfolding sequence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After the launch, we have to wait months for the <meta charset=\"utf-8\">unfolding sequence, and also for the telescope to reach &#8220;Lagrange point&#8221;\u00a0(L2) that&#8217;s really complicated&#8230; You just have to know, that Nasa sent a 10 billion $ telescope 1.5 million kilometers away from earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Webb_unfolding_sequence_pillars-150x84.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Webb&#8217;s first images calibration<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we have to wait for the the calibration of the telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars-1536x812.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_in_full_focus_pillars.png 2042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NASA\u2019s webb reaches alignment milestone, optics working successfully<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-1536x971.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-2048x1295.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Webb_reaches_alignment_milestone_image_of_focused_star-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Then the first images from Webb telescope<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc40 Sneak a peek at the deepest &amp; sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken \u2014 all in a day\u2019s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb\u2019s first image released as we begin to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnfoldTheUniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnfoldTheUniverse<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlougFWg8B\">https:\/\/t.co\/tlougFWg8B<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7ebmQwT7j\">pic.twitter.com\/Y7ebmQwT7j<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAWebb\/status\/1546621080298835970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Magnificent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729-1024x593.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729-1536x889.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/www.anwarbenihissa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STScI-01G7WCK1PJEM49E118GEG0Q729.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Carina Nebula, NIRCam Image<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launching and history of the project James was launched on Christmas Day 2021 in France to be precise in Kourou :D, and yes I was there&#8230; I was not with my family this time&#8230; JWST is a space telescope serving as an observatory operating mainly in the infrared, developed by NASA with the participation of the European Space Agency (ESA). 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