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JWST Science Simulations

A number of science simulations have been performed to investigate feasibility of observations and to guide optimal telescope and instrument design.

The simulations presented here are simulations of what imaging observations might look like on real JWST detectors. This in contrast with the calculations performed by the current version of the JWST Mission Simulator (JMS), which takes object, background and telescope/instrument parameters and calculates required exposure and overhead time to reach a certain level of signal- to-noise for a set of observations.

Simulated JWST Deep Fields JWST Deep Fields
Myungshim Im & Peter Stockman (STScI) simulated deep images of the sky for an 8 m JWST
Simulated Red-Shifted Galaxies Appearance of Local Universe Galaxies at z = 1 - 15
Windhorst (ASU), Conselice & Petro (STScI) used near-UV HST images of nearby galaxies to simulate the JWST appearance of these galaxies at redshifts 1 to 15.
Simulated Fomalhault as seen by Webb A simulation of Fomalhaut as seen by the Webb and Spitzer Courtesy George Rieke
Simulated transit spectroscopy of earth like planet Simulated transit spectroscopy of a Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby M3 dwarf star. Courtesy Jeff Valenti

We will show more simulations as they become available. We urge the community to submit their simulations to jwstinfo@stsci.edu for publication on these pages.


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