The JWST Early Release Observations

Pontoppidan, Klaus M. and Barrientes, Jaclyn and Blome, Claire and Braun, Hannah and Brown, Matthew and Carruthers, Margaret and Coe, Dan and DePasquale, Joseph and Espinoza, Néstor and Marin, Macarena Garcia and Gordon, Karl D. and Henry, Alaina and Hustak, Leah and James, Andi and Jenkins, Ann and Koekemoer, Anton M. and LaMassa, Stephanie and Law, David and Lockwood, Alexandra and Moro-Martin, Amaya and Mullally, Susan E. and Pagan, Alyssa and Player, Dani and Proffitt, Charles and Pulliam, Christine and Ramsay, Leah and Ravindranath, Swara and Reid, Neill and Robberto, Massimo and Sabbi, Elena and Ubeda, Leonardo and Balogh, Michael and Flanagan, Kathryn and Gardner, Jonathan and Hasan, Hashima and Meinke, Bonnie and Nota, Antonella (2022) The JWST Early Release Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 936 (1). L14. ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations (EROs) is a set of public outreach products created to mark the end of commissioning and the beginning of science operations for JWST. Colloquially known as the "Webb First Images and Spectra," these products were intended to demonstrate to the worldwide public that JWST is ready for science, and is capable of producing spectacular results. The package was released on 2022 July 12 and included images and spectra of the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327 and distant lensed galaxies, the interacting galaxy group Stephan's Quintet, NGC 3324 in the Carina star-forming complex, the Southern Ring planetary nebula NGC 3132, and the transiting hot Jupiter WASP-96b. This paper describes the ERO technical design, observations, and scientific processing of data underlying the colorful outreach products.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Archive Digital > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2023 06:46
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2024 04:34
URI: http://eprints.ditdo.in/id/eprint/633

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