We finally know which objects James Webb photographed and what we will see images of next Tuesday. It’s an impressive list!

We are only days away when NASA releases the first color images from the James Webb telescope. We don’t know much about the photos yet, other than that, according to the US space agency, they “will certainly deliver a wow.” Yesterday we got to see a first foretaste.

Now the European Space Agency reveals which objects James Webb had in his sights recently and where we get to see color photos of, namely:

– The Carina Nebula. this nebula was photographed in 2010 by the Hubble telescope† It is one of the largest and brightest nebulae visible from the Earth’s surface. Many stars are born in this nebula. The Carina Nebula is 7,600 light-years from Earth.

The Carina Nebula was photographed in 2010 by the Hubble Telescope. This photo is considered one of Hubble’s highlights.

– The spectrum of WASP-96b. This is a large exoplanet, or a planet outside our solar system. WASP-96b is 1,150 light-years from Earth and orbits its parent star every 3.4 days. The atmosphere of WASP-96b is completely cloud-free, which is quite rare.

– NGC 3132, or the so-called Southern Ring Nebula† This is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sailing. The nebula is 2,000 light-years from Earth. A planetary nebula is a growing cloud of gas around a dying star. The nebula is half a light year in diameter.

Southern Ring Nebula, photographed by the Hubble Telescope. The dying star is visible in the center of the nebula.

– Stephan’s Quintet is a group of galaxies 290 million light-years from Earth. This group appears to consist of five galaxies, but it was later revealed that one galaxy — NGC 7320 — is much closer to Earth than the other members. In fact, it is a quartet.

– The last object is SMACS 0723. This is a cluster of galaxies. This cluster forms a cosmic lens, amplifying light from distant and faint background galaxies.

Three more nights of sleep and then we will see these photos and after decades we will finally get a good picture of the capabilities and possibilities of the spiritual successor to the Hubble telescope.