Meet Judy Schmidt, the 'citizen scientist' turning Webb Telescope data into stunning images:
account dedicated to her work with the telescope’s data—and two of those images have been adopted by NASA as it slowly begins to release more official views from Webb. She’s also provided a very technical, step-by-step guide to her process onWebb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters – F360M , F212N , and F150W2 – and alignment due to the planet’s rotation. Courtesy of NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt.
With NASA, Schmidt was responsible for processing a dramatic view of Jupiter, based on infrared imagery, depicted in deep, indigo blues. The gas giant was a particularly difficult challenge because the planet is comparatively close to the telescope, and therefore rotates quickly, making it difficult to combine multiple observations into a single shot as features like the Great Red Spot move.
Schmidt has also processed a mysterious image, not-yet released by NASA, of WR140, a binary pair of stars some 5,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. Webb observed a series of odd concentric rings—a phenomena that appears to be caused by the two stars’ intersecting orbits, reports. Every eight years, the stars come together, creating the ring-like disruptions in their surrounding dust clouds.
Nope, I don't know what this is. Some kind of spiral nebula around WR140. I'm sure we'll find out more later.
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