Splendid views of Saturn
Over the past year, Webb also revealed stunning new views of the planets in our solar system. On June 25, 2023, Webb spent hours taking comprehensive photographs of Saturn, the solar system’s second-largest planet. The telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument recorded the ringed planet in all its glory. The images also reveal some of the planet’s moons, including Dione, Enceladus, and Tethys. Saturn was captured as part of the Webb Guaranteed Time Observation program 1247.
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