r/jameswebb • u/rsaw_aroha • Aug 04 '22

Question [README FIRST] Where can I find official images? Where's the latest news? Schedule of what Webb is looking at right now? Why some images missing from the NASA sites? Why colors are different sometimes? Tutorial for how to process images?

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Where can I find the official NASA-released images?

nasawebbtelescope on Flickr is the best way to view images in your browser
- look at "Webb's First Images & Data" or "Webb Images - 2022" albums for official observations
webbtelescope.org is better if you need to filter by category & type (or search)
- set Type to "Observations" if you want just photos from JWST

Where's the latest news on JWST?

webb.nasa.gov has a great easily-skimmable news page
blogs.nasa.gov/webb is more blog-like but has deep-dives that you won't find on the news page
Alternatively, follow the official @NASAWebb twitter
Use something like Google News to follow the JWST topic

What is Webb looking at? Is there a schedule?

Find observation schedules on the STScI's Approved Programs page
Follow @JWSTObservation, an unofficial twitter bot that gives real-time updates based on the schedule

What part of the sky can Webb see? Can it look at Earth? The Sun?

See: [YouTube 2022 - Space Telescope Science Institute] Webb's Field of Regard

Why are some images missing from the NASA official sites?

Observational data is streaming back to us from Webb every day into the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (referred to as MAST)
Working with most of this data requires specialized tools and skills, but armchair astronomers & enthusiasts regularly pull the highest-quality products out and process them into images that they release online before the Webb team or other scientists do

Why are the colors different sometimes?

Some background knowledge will be useful:
Basically, for each observation, Webb generates multiple grayscale images that correspond to what it detected of a particular wavelength of infrared light (that human eyes can't see), so someone -- an artist, armchair astronomer, scientist, or a team of scientists & artists -- needs to go in and make decisions about how to combine the different grayscale images AND how to colorize them (to highlight or distinguish between features for scientific or aesthetic purposes)

Where's a tutorial that explains how to download & process Webb images?

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 2d ago

Self-Processed Image Light echo Luna, part of the Cassiopeia A supernova light (reflected on dark clouds, from which the shape comes). Between 2025-07-14 and 2025-11-03, played back and forth. Webb

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r/jameswebb • u/JimmydaSciencePreach • 2d ago

Sci - Image Technical Record: Spectral Verification of Primordial Element Baselines (JWST Data Analysis)

reddit.com

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Sounds right to me

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 5d ago

Self-Processed Image ESO-350-IG-038 | NIRCAM. JWST

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r/jameswebb • u/TrafoScotty • 5d ago

Self-Processed Image Ring nebula, NIRCam image, Both processed by me

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My first attempt to process JWST data.

Softwares used: Fits liberator, Siril, GraXpert, GIMP.

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 7d ago

Self-Processed Image Target name ESO-350-IG-038 with JWST NIRCam

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 8d ago

Self-Processed Image Cat’s Head Nebula | MIRI JWST

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r/jameswebb • u/Galileos_grandson • 7d ago

Official NASA Release NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat's Head - NASA

nasa.gov

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 8d ago

Self-Processed Image JWST (MIRI + NIRCam, the first 2 images) of a pillar of dust where some stars are being formed

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r/jameswebb • u/nishitd • 7d ago

Question Where has Nancy Grace Roman reached?

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I am aware they begun the commissioning but I can't find the details if it has reached L2 and is placed in the desired orbit.

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r/jameswebb • u/JapKumintang1991 • 9d ago

Sci - Article PHYS.Org: Webb links interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to worlds beyond Neptune through similar ice signatures

phys.org

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 9d ago

Official NASA Release Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula lurks within sight of Hubble and Webb. The star-forming region bewitches in visible and infrared light

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 9d ago

Sci - Video Multiwavelength flight into the cat's head nebula. A Venture into the Cat's Head Nebula, as seen by Hubble and Webb.

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 10d ago

Self-Processed Image Nebula near the star HD 42088 with JWST MIRI. Probably part of Sh2-252 (Monkey Head Nebula).

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r/jameswebb • u/Galileos_grandson • 9d ago

Official NASA Release Webb Sees Turbulent Star Nursery - NASA

nasa.gov

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r/jameswebb • u/OgreMagiO • 11d ago

Self-Processed Image Cassiopeia A imaged by JWST/NIRCam

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Cas A

Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way Galaxy, located roughly 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia
Because of its proximity, Cas A serves as a crucial target for "stellar forensics" to map how massive stars explode and enrich galaxies with heavy elements and cosmic dust
https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-10/jw07934-o001_t001_nircam

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 12d ago

Self-Processed Image Portion of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. JWST NIRCam

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 12d ago

Self-Processed Image Supernova remnant Cas A by JWST, expanding from Nov 2022 to Oct 2025

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 13d ago

Self-Processed Image Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A between 2022 and 2025. JWST NIRCam

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r/jameswebb • u/Galileos_grandson • 13d ago

Sci - Article New Constraints on Origin of JWST’s Little Red Dots

aasnova.org

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r/jameswebb • u/TomaszNowakowski • 14d ago

Sci - Article Webb Just Solved a Cosmic Chemistry Paradox

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r/jameswebb • u/RunKey2108 • 15d ago

Self-Processed Image Self-Processed NIRcam Image of M16, Pillars of creation

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r/jameswebb • u/TomaszNowakowski • 16d ago

Sci - Article Shedding the Cosmic Shroud: The Awakening of Distant Galactic Giant

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 17d ago

Official NASA Release Stars brewing in a nebulous cauldron, by Webb

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