#NASA PICTURE OF THE DAY 1989 PROFESSIONAL#

Abrams, which is a collection of the best images from APOD as a hardcover 'coffee table' style book. In 2003, the two authors published a book titled The Universe: 365 Days from Harry N. In 2002, the website was featured in an interview with Nemiroff on CNN Saturday Morning News. It received a Scientific American Sci/Tech Web Award in 2001. Its practice of using hypertext was analyzed in a paper in 2000. ĪPOD was presented at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in 1996. APOD is also translated into 21 languages daily. As of 2012, the APOD website has received over a billion image views throughout its lifetime. When the APOD website was created, it received a total of 14 page views on its first day. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, unlike many other NASA image galleries. This initiative has received support from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and MTU. Past images are stored in the APOD Archive, with the first image appearing on June 16, 1995. The images are either visible spectrum photographs, images taken at non-visible wavelengths and displayed in false color, video footage, animations, artist's conceptions, or micrographs that relate to space or cosmology. The text has several hyperlinks to more pictures and websites for more information. However, the pictures and descriptions often relate to current events in astronomy and space exploration. The photograph does not necessarily correspond to a celestial event on the exact day that it is displayed, and images are sometimes repeated.

#NASA PICTURE OF THE DAY 1989 PROFESSIONAL#

According to the website, 'Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.' “It’s looking at the universe in a way you’ve never seen it, and looking deeper into the universe, all the way to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang,” Dr Zurbuchen said.Astronomy Picture of the Day ( APOD) is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University (MTU).

Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, has said the image “moved me to tears”. “ We’re looking back more than 13 billion years,” NASA administrator Bill Nelson told a press conference. Taken by the JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera, the picture also captures some even more distant galaxies located behind SMACS 0723, whose combined mass acts as a gravitational lens, magnifying the light travelling from them. And they’ll remind the American people, especially our children, that there’s nothing beyond our capacity - nothing beyond our capacity.” “We’re looking back more than 13 billion years”īecause we are only able to see something once its light has reached us, the JWST’s images of stars, constellations and galaxies located billions of light years away allow scientists a window into the cosmos as it was billions of years ago.įor example, the initial pictures sent back included a deep field image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, which we see as it appeared some 4.6 billion years ago. He added: “These images are going to remind the world that America can do big things. “Today is a historic day,” US President Joe Biden said at a White House preview of the pictures on the eve of their publication.

The telescope then began sending back images of the universe, the first of which were released on 12 July. Watch how the JWST orbits the Sun from L2:Īfter reaching L2, the JWST embarked on a six-month ‘commissioning’ period in which its mirrors and sunshield were unfolded, its mirrors aligned, and other systems calibrated.

“L2 is ideal for astronomy because a spacecraft is close enough to readily communicate with Earth, can keep the Sun, Earth and Moon behind the spacecraft for solar power and (with appropriate shielding) provides a clear view of deep space for our telescopes,” NASA says. The JWST will circle L2 as it orbits the Sun, remaining in a position that allows its sunshield to block out light from the Sun, the Earth and the Moon. When positioned at a Lagrange point, an object is able to harness the gravitational pull of two large masses - in this case, the Sun and the Earth - to move with them. Launched on Christmas Day 2021 from French Guaiana, it took a month to travel to its destination - a spot in our solar system known as the Second Lagrange Point, or L2. Telescope to move with Earth and Sun from Lagrange pointĪ collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the $10 billion JWST is able to look further into the universe than any previous telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful space-based telescope ever built, is orbiting the Sun at a distance of around one million miles from the Earth.

Nasa picture of the day 1989