Editing First light (astronomy) (section)

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File:NGC 5317 (also NGC 5364).jpg|[[Very Large Telescope]]'s wide field imager [[VIMOS]] takes its first light image of [[NGC 5364]].
File:Hubble First Light, First Released Image (STScI-1990-04a).png|[[Hubble Space Telescope]]'s first light with its impaired [[Wide Field and Planetary Camera|WFPC]], 1990
File:Tarantula Nebula TRAPPIST.jpg|First light of the [[Tarantula Nebula]] by [[TRAPPIST]]
File:WISPR first light image.png|First light of [[WISPR]] on the [[Parker Solar Probe]], September 2018
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File:James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror captured by it from Lagrange 2 point.jpg|[[Selfie]]: Primary mirror of the [[James Webb Space Telescope]] at destination.<ref name="Webb blog 2022-02-11">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/02/11/photons-received-webb-sees-its-first-star-18-times/|title=Photons Received: Webb Sees Its First Star – 18 Times – James Webb Space Telescope|website=Blogs.nasa.gov|access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>
File:JWST - First images of HD 84406.png|18 images of same target star [[HD 84406]] by the 18 unfocused mirror segments.
File:JWST - First images of HD 84406 (segments marked).png|Phase 1 interim image, annotated with the related mirror segments that took each image.
File:JWST - Images of HD 84406 after phase 1 alignment.png|18 unfocused images of same target star [[HD 84406]].<ref name="Webb blog 2022-02-18">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/02/18/webb-team-brings-18-dots-of-starlight-into-hexagonal-formation/|title=Webb Team Brings 18 Dots of Starlight Into Hexagonal Formation|website=Blogs.nasa.gov|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
File:JWST - Images of HD 84406 after phase 1 alignment (segments marked).png|Phase 1 annotated completion image of [[HD 84406]].
File:JWST commissioning - HD 84406 animated segment alignment.gif|Phase 2 completion, showing "before and after" effects of segment alignment.
File:JWST commissioning - HD 84406 after image stacking.jpg|Phase 3 completion, showing 18 segments "stacked" as a single image of [[HD 84406]].
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