The JWST Pictures You Haven’t Seen Yet

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The James Webb Space Telescope released its first official batch of photos to the public, but they weren't the first images the telescope captured since they had taken a bunch while testing the cameras. Let's talk about some of those testing images and how they helped astronomers ensure JWST could deliver on its promise to "unfold the universe".

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Sources:
https://www.stsci.edu/files/live/sites/www/files/home/jwst/documentation/_documents/jwst-science-performance-report.pdf
https://twitter.com/AndrasGaspar/status/1547687949617074177
https://github.com/merope82/JWIms
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/07/14/webb-images-of-jupiter-and-more-now-available-in-commissioning-data/
https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbMediaKit.pdf

Images:
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/035/01G7DCWB7137MYJ05CSH1Q5Z1Z
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/031/01G77PKB8NKR7S8Z6HBXMYATGJ
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/033/01G70BGTSYBHS69T7K3N3ASSEB
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13536
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13553#29025
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-Afterimage-Test-The-figure-illustrates-the-nature-of-an-afterimage-with-a-person_fig1_330316450
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NGC_3147_-_HST.png
https://github.com/merope82/JWIms
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catseye-big.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/planetary_nebula.html
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14111
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/asteroid-flies-in-space-stock-footage/613149514?adppopup=true
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/07/14/webb-images-of-jupiter-and-more-now-available-in-commissioning-data/
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/034/01G7DA5ADA2WDSK1JJPQ0PTG4A
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/road-trip-driving-on-death-valley-national-park-road-stock-footage/1214863228?adppopup=true
https://science.nasa.gov/jupiter-and-ring-infrared-webb