May I please subscribe to the raw images of ANY space telescope...
I mean *WE* /paid/ for them... I would like to access the data provided in real-time.
Where can one get the raw images?
I mean *WE* /paid/ for them... I would like to access the data provided in real-time.
Where can one get the raw images?
Hubble's all went up (in raw as well as processed form) at https://hla.stsci.edu/, http://hst.esac.esa.int/ehst/, and several other places. Expect the same for JWST.
(Same for any other NASA mission. Here's the Curiosity rover: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw-images/)
What you say is true but with an asterisk. They grant time limited exclusive access to the data to whatever science team is using the telescope. It's basically an embargo agreement. That way the science team gets the first chance to do their research and publish it. Not all missions fall under this and in some cases you'll see what is going on right away. Eventually all data will become public.
I'll just quote their policy[1]:
Access to science data from most active missions is often limited to the Program Investigator Team during a period of exclusive access immediately following the observations. The duration of the exclusive access period ranges from a few months to as much as a year, depending upon the mission, the program category, and other factors. Some other data, such as those obtained during facility commissioning, or those that are found to duplicate concurrent observations by a Guaranteed Time Observer (GTO), may also be embargoed for a period of time. Data falling under exclusive access can be discovered via MAST public interfaces, but may not be retrieved except by authorized and authenticated persons. Following the expiration of the applicable exclusive access period, science data become available for public use without restriction.
[1] https://archive.stsci.edu/publishing/data-use
[2] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportunities-and-policiesBut in regards to the James Webb: I don’t think you’re going to find the raw images to be particularly compelling. It is imaging in the infrared spectrum. So it’s going to require a fair bit of processing to get a reasonable monochrome image out of that data.
I never ended up building anything from it quite yet (maybe soon), but the possibility is there, and the data is free to obtain. You have to register for an API key, but again, it's still free. The photos are updated quite frequently if I remember correctly.
Same thing can be said about the National Weather Service. You can get your weather forecasts in nice JSON formats from NOAA, all whilst not having to sell your data to The Weather Channel, or whatever alternatives exist for weather apps on Android.
Telemetry is unencrypted. You have access to the data in real time. Have fun getting useful data out of it.
> Where can one get the raw images?
Online ,its all public. You might need a pHD to figure out how to make it useful to the mark 1 eyeball