Cheryl Blanchard

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my bot's first post of a MIRI + NIRCam data. As @keflavich.bsky.social described, it is cheaper to point the two instruments this way and that to take a picture at the same time, this results in a messy naming scheme where the same area is covered by multiple target names. >

Astrobot JWST@astrobotjwst.bsky.social · 3w ago

🤖 New #JWST 🔭 Galactic Center set, MIRI GC_63 + NIRCam GC_78. RGB filters: 770, 480, 212 Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. see gc_miri_nircam.csv

Automatic color preview of JWST images near the Galactic Center. MIRI GC_63 is red, NIRCam GC_78 is green and blue. Filters, red to blue: 770, 480, 212
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JWST-GC program update: we have MIRI coverage of ~half of the field that NIRCAM covers. We use MIRI in 'coordinated parallel' mode, which means we get MIRI data _almost_ for free when we take NIRCAM images. We can make 3-color images for those few regions

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