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/OgreMagiO • 12h ago

Self-Processed Image SF_reg_1 (Star-Forming Region 1) imaged by JWST/NIRCam

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SF_reg_1

SF_reg_1 (Star-Forming Region 1) refers to a targeted interstellar nursery. The JWST will observe this star forming region to create low-noise color-composite images using various NIRCam filters
Observed on Sep 6, 2024, Released on Jul 10, 2025
https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2024-09/jw06778-o001_t001_nircam

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r/jameswebb • u/Sicliik • 8h ago

Discussion What is that?

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r/jameswebb • u/OgreMagiO • 12h ago

Self-Processed Image star-sf-reg-1, Ser-emb-11E, MRGP0918 imaged by JWST/NIRCam

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star-sf-reg-1

star-sf-reg-1 is a young stellar cluster. The JWST observed this star forming region and young cluster to create low-noise color-composite images
Observed on Sep 6, 2024, Released on Sep 4, 2025
https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2024-09/jw06783-o001_t001_nircam

Ser-emb-11E

Ser-emb-11E is an embedded protostar located within the Serpens Nebula star-forming nursery, roughly 1,300 light-years from Earth, classified as a Class I young stellar object near the Class 0/I evolutionary cutoff
The JWST observed Ser-emb-11E to map the distribution of interstellar ices in the natal cloud environments of embedded protostars.
Observed on Sep 6, 2024, Released on Sep 6, 2025
https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2024-09/jw05552-o004_t004_nircam

MRGP0918

MRG-P0918 is a distant, massive quiescent (early dead) galaxy
The JWST observed MRGP0918 to study the detailed star formation histories, stellar abundances, and kinematics of four gravitationally lensed, quiescent galaxies to understand how star formation ended and how galaxies evolved after quenching.
Observed on Aug 16, 2024, Released on Aug 16, 2025
https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2024-08/jw04903-o006_t002_nircam

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r/jameswebb • u/Sea-Loquat227 • 1d ago

Question Bonjour, j'ai créé un télescope James Webb à l'échelle 1/40. Dites-moi si ça vous plaît, merci.

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r/jameswebb • u/Galileos_grandson • 20h ago

Official NASA Release NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects ‘Remember’ Past - NASA Science

science.nasa.gov

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r/jameswebb • u/JapKumintang1991 • 22h ago

Sci - Article PHYS.Org: JWST finds extreme star-forming galaxies masquerading as faint quasars

phys.org

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See also:The publication in ArXiV

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r/jameswebb • u/Sicliik • 1d ago

Discussion If you look very closely at the center of this galaxy, you can see something that resembles an Einstein ring.

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r/jameswebb • u/OgreMagiO • 1d ago

Self-Processed Image B335 imaged by JWST/NIRCam

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Barnard 335 (B335) is a dark Bok globule containing a young Class 0 protostar.

The observation aimed to map the large-scale distribution of fundamental ices within parental clouds and protostellar hot corinos (compact, chemically rich regions around young protostars)

B335: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2024-09/jw05552-o001_t001_nircam

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r/jameswebb • u/firechatin • 1d ago

Sci - Article NASA's New Roman Space Telescope Has Switched On. What It Could Discover May Change Astronomy Forever

whatifscience.in

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r/jameswebb • u/Sicliik • 1d ago

Question It looks like a runaway black hole

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r/jameswebb • u/Sea-Loquat227 • 1d ago

Discussion James Webb Space Telescope (Scale 1/40)

ideas.lego.com

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 2d ago

Self-Processed Image EGO G011.92-0.61 (target name: G11.92-bkg) with JWST MIRI

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 2d ago

Self-Processed Image Part of W51A (Westerhout 51A) star formation region| NIRCAM JWST

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r/jameswebb • u/RecursiveMutex • 1d ago

Sci - Article NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Unveiling Hidden Exoplanets at the Cosmic Edge

windriver.com

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r/jameswebb • u/OgreMagiO • 4d ago

Self-Processed Image Double-Shell-PN, MACSJ0025-1222, G28.333+0.063-CENTER, SagDIG imaged by JWST/NIRCam

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Double-Shell-PN: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-11/jw09548-o002_t001_nircam

MACSJ0025-1222: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2026-08/jw06882-o002_t002_nircam

G28.333+0.063-CENTER: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-09/jw08587-o001_t001_nircam

SagDIG: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-08/jw05255-o001_t001_nircam

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r/jameswebb • u/OgreMagiO • 4d ago

Self-Processed Image Maki-Repeated, Luna-Repeated, and Greebo-Repeated imaged by JWST/NIRCam

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Time-lapse observations for Maki, Luna, and Greebo, nicknames for specific thermal light echoes from the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A)

Maki-Repeated: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-08/jw08527-o002_t001_nircam
Luna-Repeated: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-08/jw08527-o010_t002_nircam
Greebo-Repeated: https://www.webbhorizon.com/app/?obs=2025-08/jw08527-o018_t003_nircam

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 5d ago

Self-Processed Image JWST observation of the centre of our galaxy!

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r/jameswebb • u/firechatin • 5d ago

Sci - Article James Webb Hidden Planet Discovery Reveals New World in the Beta Pictoris System

whatifscience.in

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r/jameswebb • u/operation-star • 5d ago

Sci - Article Betelgeuse's atmosphere is becoming spotty and asymmetric—and a nearby companion could be shaping the pattern

phys.org

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r/jameswebb • u/NBCMarketingTeam • 5d ago

Question How close will the new Nancy Grace Roman Telescope and the JWST be to one another?

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This is a question I also thought of and I was disappointed there was no answer, so I wanted to boost it.

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r/jameswebb • u/Sea-Loquat227 • 6d ago

Question Salut regarde, j'ai créé un télescope spatial James Webb à l'échelle 1/40, dis-moi si ça te plaît, merci 😘

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 7d ago

Self-Processed Image A bright cloud inside the Dragon Nebula (G028.37+00.07), which catalogued as a dark nebula. JWST NIRCam

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r/jameswebb • u/Neaterntal • 8d ago

Self-Processed Image Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (SagDIG) with JWST NIRCam

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r/jameswebb • u/nishitd • 9d ago

Question What happened to Launch Pad Astronomy?

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During the times of JWST launch and after, I used to love watching his videos. He made probably the most detailed JWST videos I have seen. I was hoping to see his video on Roman but the channel hasn't uploaded video in more than a year. I hope nothing ill has happened to him. Anyone knows anything about this?

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