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In astronomy, first light is the first use of a telescope (or, in general, a new instrument) to take an astronomical image after it has been constructed. This is often not the first viewing using the telescope; optical tests will probably have been performed to adjust the components.
Jun 13, 2023 · Last July, the public got a first look at the telescope’s power, when astronomers released one of the first images taken by the observatory, showing a cluster of spinning galaxies, each one captured in spectacular, luminous detail from 4.6 billion light years away.
Jun 13, 2023 · Last July, the public got a first look at the telescope’s power, when astronomers released one of the first images taken by the observatory, showing a cluster of spinning galaxies, each one captured in spectacular, luminous detail from 4.6 billion light years away.
Oct 3, 2023 · Discover how an X-ray telescope has revolutionized astronomy and our understanding of the universe. A scientific and engineering marvel, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has spent two decades (so far) exploring the cosmos unlike any other telescope.
Jun 22, 2023 · New results from the James Webb Space Telescope find that radiation from ordinary galaxies cleared the primordial haze left over from the Big Bang, allowing the first light to shine through the early universe.
Feb 12, 2022 · NASA surprised the space community by releasing an early first-light picture from the James Webb Space Telescope. "First light" is a double entendre unique to this unparalleled space...
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Jul 14, 2011 · Every telescope has that special moment when it first opens its eyes to the universe. Astronomers call it "first light." These are the first pictures by the great telescopes of the world.
Webb is a powerful time machine with infrared vision that is peering back over 13.5 billion years to see the first stars and galaxies forming out of the darkness of the early universe.
This “first light” image from Hubble was released in May 1990, to illustrate the telescope’s improved resolution when compared to ground-based observatories. On the right is part of the first image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field/Planetary Camera.
