'I couldn’t believe that we saw everything so clearly, and how bright they were.'
that uses two different filters which highlight separate wavelengths of light) instrument's long-wavelength filter image even showed some of the planet's faint rings. The rings showing up in one of Webb's first solar system images were"absolutely astonishing and amazing," said Milam.These images are solid proof that Webb can observe the rings and satellites near bright solar system objects.
Webb also obtained images of Jupiter and Europa moving across the telescope’s field of view in three separate observations, substantiating the observatory's ability. "These observations verified the expectation that guide star acquisition works successfully as long as Jupiter is at least 140” away from the FGS, consistent with pre-flight modeling," the
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