Texas Astronomers Lead Major Projects in James Webb Space Telescope’s First Year

April 20, 2021 • by Staff Writer

Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin are set to lead some of the largest programs in the first year of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

On a lawn near downtown Austin a model of a giant telescope the size of a tennis court and with many mirrors is displayed at dusk

A full-sized model of the James Webb Space Telescope is seen in Austin during the South by Southwest festival in 2013. This and other images are available from the JWST image gallery. 


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The complicated structure at the centre of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. There is a bright source at the centre that is surrounded by greenish nebulosity and several looping lines in cream, orange and pink. One of these lines appears to form a ring oriented vertically and nearly edge-on around the bright source at the centre. Other lines trace out a figure eight shape. Moving outward from these complex lines and green nebulosity, there is a section of red light on either side of the object.

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