The James Webb Space Telescope has high hopes for detecting objects in the incredibly distant corners of the universe, and has already started them. justify. However, the observatory is also great for celestial bodies located much closer to Earth – one of them is Jupiter.
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NASA a couple of weeks ago published several images of the largest planet in the solar system, obtained during the calibration and verification of the telescope’s instruments. Now the US space agency has released another raw image taken from the telescope’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on July 27, 2022. The Great Red Spot and stripes in the planet’s atmosphere are clearly visible here.
The new image will help scientists better understand the features of Jupiter’s atmosphere, build more accurate pictures of its thermal structure and layers, and study winds and auroras on the planet in more detail. The picture was taken with an exposure of 11 minutes through the F212N filter (2.12 microns) – it is used to study molecular hydrogen. The objects of observation of the apparatus “James Webb” in the coming week may be the satellite of Jupiter Io, located in the main belt asteroid Hygiea, as well as the remnants of the supernova Cassiopeia A, reports Space.com.
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