How to See the First Images of the James Webb Telescope
We all held our breath late last year when NASA launched the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope on its month-long journey to its destination nearly a million miles away. After a successful deployment, JWST has been hard at work testing and calibrating, and it’s time to see what the telescope sees in the universe.
The very first image from Webb is due to be unveiled on Monday, July 11, during a White House preview featuring President Joe Biden and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The event, scheduled for 5:00 pm ET, will be broadcast live on NASA TV . Once the image is released to the public, it will also be posted on NASA’s website and social media .
But that’s not all – here’s how to watch the main event on Tuesday, July 12th.
How to see how a JWST image is being expanded
The official release date for Webb images is Tuesday, July 12, when NASA and partner agencies (the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency) will release a set of full-color images and data from the telescope. Here is the live broadcast schedule:
- 9:45 a.m. ET: Opening remarks
- 10:30 AM ET: Image Release Broadcast
- 12:30 pm ET: Media briefing with project scientists
All events will be available to watch on NASA TV channel, NASA app and NASA website (NASA Live) . The 10:30 a.m. image report will also be streamed on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , Twitch , andDaily Motion .
If you don’t want to watch the broadcast live, you can view the images on the NASA website after posting.
What will JWST images show?
We don’t know exactly what the images will show, but NASA recently released a list of targets for Webb’s initial sightings. These include two nebulae, a cluster of galaxies, and an exoplanet (a planet outside our solar system).
The public has already seen selfies of the telescope from space , as well as instrument calibration and test images , but the upcoming photos are considered a first look at JWST’s capabilities.