Two images of Jupiter leaked by the James Webb Telescope team
Two interesting images of the gas giant Jupiter leaked alongside the main image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) released yesterday. Informal images, full resolution images released in yesterday’s major release style, but included in a NASA commissioning documents to demonstrate that the NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) can track moving targets. The composite shows a short wavelength image of Jupiter on the left, and a long wavelength image on the right, revealing the dramatically different types of atmospheric conditions that JWST can see. Both images were taken with a 75 second exposure and they show the gas giant moons Europa, Thebe, and Metis. NASA noted that Europa’s shadow is also visible to the left of the Great Red Spot. Read more: Why are these photos such a big deal? Picture: Carina Nebula ‘cosmic cliff’, as seen by JWST NASA yesterday released a complete set of images from the James Webb Space Telescope, showi...