NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning

NASA ^ | April 28, 2022 | Thaddeus Cesari

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep, I remember the F-105 Starfighter although the author of the poem flew the Supermarine Spitfire and died in a training accident in 1941.

[Nateman]

I just checked out the NASA Webb page. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/first-images-from-nasa-s-webb-space-telescope-coming-soon
July 12th is the first full color image date.

[Ezekiel]

Thank you very much for the alert. I've got a lot going on these days; I can't keep track.

From that link:

“Our goals for Webb’s first images and data are both to showcase the telescope’s powerful instruments and to preview the science mission to come,” said astronomer Klaus Pontoppidan, Webb project scientist at STScI. “They are sure to deliver a long-awaited ‘wow’ for astronomers and the public.”

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What Will We See?

While careful planning for Webb’s first full-color images has been underway for a long time, the new telescope is so powerful that it is difficult to predict exactly how the first images will look. “Of course, there are things we are expecting and hoping to see, but with a new telescope and this new high-resolution infrared data, we just won’t know until we see it,” said STScI’s lead science visuals developer Joseph DePasquale.

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Here's something weird/funny that lines up... the Chumash (Torah) reading for that day is the account of Bilaam and his donkey; e.g.

Num 22.31 The Lord opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a sword drawn in his hand. He bowed and prostrated himself on his face.

(It's Always Something.)