Size of this preview: 628 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 251 × 240 pixels | 503 × 480 pixels | 805 × 768 pixels | 1,073 × 1,024 pixels | 2,204 × 2,104 pixels.
Original file (2,204 × 2,104 pixels, file size: 695 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
DescriptionFine Guidance Sensor Test Image.jpg |
English: Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) – developed by the Canadian Space Agency – has captured a special view of stars and galaxies that provides a tantalising glimpse at what the telescope’s science instruments will reveal in the coming weeks, months, and years. The FGS has always been capable of capturing imagery, but its primary purpose is to enable accurate science measurements and imaging with precision pointing. When it does capture imagery, the imagery is typically not kept: Given the limited communications bandwidth between L2 and Earth, Webb only sends data from up to two science instruments at a time. But during a week-long stability test in May, it occurred to the team that they could keep the imagery that was being captured because there was available data transfer bandwidth. The resulting engineering test image has some rough-around-the-edges qualities to it. It was not optimised to be a science observation; rather, the data was taken to test how well the telescope could stay locked onto a target, but it does hint at the power of the telescope. It carries a few hallmarks of the views Webb has produced during its post launch preparations. Bright stars stand out with their six, long, sharply defined diffraction spikes – an effect due to Webb’s six-sided mirror segments. Beyond the stars, galaxies fill nearly the entire background. The result – using 72 exposures over 32 hours – is among the deepest images of the universe ever taken, according to Webb scientists. When FGS’ aperture is open, it is not using colour filters like the other science instruments – meaning it is impossible to study the age of the galaxies in this image with the rigour needed for scientific analysis. But even when capturing unplanned imagery during a test, FGS is capable ofproducing stunning views of the cosmos. |
Date | |
Source | James Webb Space Telescope |
Author | NASA, CSA, ESA |
Other versions |
|
Licensing
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.) | ||
Warnings:
|
Items portrayed in this file
depicts
image/jpeg
711,934 byte
2,104 pixel
2,204 pixel
97ebd120c761b974438326c709a2e0e55ad84051
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 22:07, 13 September 2022 | 2,204 × 2,104 (695 KB) | Jackisjack2803 | Uploaded a work by NASA, CSA, ESA from James Webb Space Telescope with UploadWizard |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on ko.wiki.x.io
Metadata
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Source | ESA/Webb |
---|---|
Credit/Provider | NASA, CSA, and FGS team. |
Usage terms |
|
Short title |
|
Image title |
|
Date and time of data generation | 16:00, 27 June 2022 |
Contact information |
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr Baltimore, MD, 21218 United States |
IIM version | 4 |
Retrieved from "https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Fine_Guidance_Sensor_Test_Image.jpg"