On Wednesday night, NASA released a "test" image from the James Webb Space Telescope which suggests that the upcoming scientific images and data will be spectacular.
Releasing the test photo to the public, which NASA says is "among the deepest images of the Universe ever taken," appears to be flexible almost because it's a very well-engineered image.
The space agency took the image in late May during the duration μιας εβδομαδιαίας δοκιμής σταθερότητας του τηλεσκόπιου που είχε σκοπό να αποδείξει τις δυνατότητες του Fine Guidance Sensor που χρησιμοποιεί. Αυτό το όργανο βοηθά το James Webb Space Telescope να βρει και να κλειδώσει αστρονομικούς στόχους και κατασκευάστηκε από την Καναδική Διαστημική Υπηρεσία.
"The resulting test image has some coarse properties," NASA said in a statement Press release.
“It's not optimized to make scientific observations. Instead, the data was taken to test how well the telescope could stay locked on a target, to find out the power of the telescope. However, the image has some characteristics from the images sent by Webb. The bright stars are distinguished by their six long, sharply defined diffraction peaks – a phenomenon due to the six-sided sections of the Webb mirror. Beyond the stars, galaxies fill almost the entire background.”
As we had says an earlier publication, the first scientific images of the universe as we've never seen it before will be released publicly in five days, starting at 14:30 UTC (Time Greeces 5:30 p.m.).
