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James Webb Telescope in Monoceros, Shannon Calvert

James Webb Telescope in Monoceros

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A quick GIF animation of the JWST on its way to L2. This was a surprisingly difficult capture since Webb is in a particularly barren part of Monoceros. There were no bright stars or DSOs in the area, so I had to resort to Tycho catalog stars, and the coordinates I found didn't quite match up with the location on star charts. After four attempts, I finally got it... through waves of thin clouds. At a distance of 1,015,000km, I'll settle for anything.

These frames are just straight RAW conversions in Photoshop without any real processing.

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