Here's The First Image By JWST And Selfie Of JWST

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted its first star and captured a selfie

The steps are part of the months-long process of aligning the observatory's enormous golden mirror

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Astronomers hope that its mirror will begin unraveling the mysteries of the early Universe by this summer.

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The first picture sent back of the cosmos is far from stunning: 18 blurry white dots on a black background, all showing the same object

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This object is HD 84406 a bright, isolated star in the constellation Ursa Major.

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The 18 dots were captured by the primary mirror's 18 individual segments

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The image is now the basis for aligning and focusing those hexagonal pieces on the James Webb Space Telescope.

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